Mizoram: 3, including woman held for possessing heroin in Aizawl

Aizawl: At least three people, including a woman, have been arrested for possessing heroin by Mizoram excise and narcotics department in two different operations, assisted by civil society organisations in Aizawl, the excise and narcotics department said in a statement. 

The statement said that officials of the excise and narcotics department aided by volunteers of Rangvamual unit of Young Mizo Association (YMA) seized 59 grams of heroin during an operation at Rangvamual on the outskirts of Aizawl on Tuesday.

The contraband was recovered from the possession of Lalrinsangzuali (41), a resident of Rangvamual (V-Section) and Lalchhanhima (38) of Aizawl's Vaivakawn locality, it said.

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In another operation on the same day, the excise department and the anti-drug squad of Central Young Mizo Association (CYMA), the largest civil society organisation in the state, seized 172 grams of heroin from the possession of Vanlalfela (29), a resident of Tlangsam village in east Mizoram's Champhai district, the statement said.

The three accused were booked under relevant sections of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985, it said.

They were produced before a special court (NDPS Act) in Aizawl on Wednesday, the statement added.