Aizawl: Mizoram police and enforcement agencies have seized methamphetamine tablets worth Rs 11.4 crore, along with a large consignment of dry areca nuts and more than 630 litres of locally made liquor in separate operations, police said in a statement on Thursday.
A joint team of the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), District Special Branch (DSB) and CID (Special Branch) of Serchhip police seized 14.26 kg of suspected methamphetamine, comprising around 1.5 lakh tablets, at Tuichang Bridge in Serchhip district on Wednesday, the statement said.
The contraband, worth Rs 11.4 crore, was recovered from the possession of Lalpanliana, a resident of Falam in Myanmar, it said.
The NCB has launched further investigation into the case.
In a separate operation early Thursday, Khawzawl police seized 180 bags of dry areca nuts, weighing about 80 kg each and valued at Rs 36 lakh, from a truck near the outskirts of Chawngtlai village in Khawzawl district, the statement also said.
The areca nut consignment and the vehicle have been handed over to the Customs Preventive Force in Champhai for further legal action, it said.
Police also said that 633.3 litres of locally made liquor was seized from the possession of two individuals on Monday during an operation by Lunglei DSB, assisted by local vigilantes, at Hauruang in Lunglei district.