Aizawl, Oct 19 Mizoram Police has seized large quantities of urea, dry areca nuts, foreign cigarettes, liquor and methamphetamine worth crores of rupees in separate operations across the state between October 12 and 18, officials said on Monday.
During checking at Seling in Aizawl district on Sunday, police intercepted two trucks and recovered 300 bags of urea from each vehicle.
The 600 bags of fertiliser, valued at around Rs 18 lakh, were seized and handed over to the Directorate of Agriculture for further action.
In Khawzawl district, police intercepted a truck near Tuisenphai on October 15 and recovered 170 bags containing 13,600 kg of smuggled dry areca nuts.
The vehicle and the consignment were subsequently handed over to the Customs Preventive Force in Champhai, the statement said.
Saitual district police also recovered 689 bags of illegally transported urea from two trucks at Keifang on October 14.
In a separate operation, Serkhan police in Kolasib district intercepted a pickup vehicle and seized 140 cases of Indian Made Foreign Liquor (IMFL) worth Rs 7.89 lakh, it said.
Two persons from Assam, identified as Bebul Hussain and Babluy Hussain, were arrested and a case was registered at Kawnpui police station, it said. Mizoram is a dry state.
Meanwhile, a joint team of Khawzawl police and the legal metrology department intercepted four vehicles near Lungvar on NH-6 on October 12.
The vehicles were carrying 44,800 kg of dry areca nuts, estimated to worth Rs 1.12 crore, and 71 cases of foreign cigarettes worth Rs 24.85 lakh, the statement said.
In another operation on the same day, Bawngkawn police station seized 950 grams of methamphetamine worth Rs 75 lakh, and arrested two women, one of them from Myanmar, in connection with the case, it said.
(PTI News)
