Mizoram: At least eight arrested with heroin, ganja in Aizawl

Aizawl: At least eight people, two of them from Assam and one from Manipur have been arrested for possessing heroin and ganja (cannabis) in three separate operations in Aizawl on Thursday, an official of Mizoram Excise and Narcotics department said on Friday.

The department spokesman Peter Zohmingthanga said that excise officials and personnel of Assam Rifles launched a joint operation at the Falkland area in Aizawl on Thursday night and seized 220 grams of heroin from the possession of four persons.

Two of the four accused hailed from Assam's Cachar district, while one each from Manipur's Pherzawl district and Aizawl, he said.

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Officials of the excise department and volunteers of the Young Mizo Association (YMA) also seized 105 kilograms of ganja (cannabis) in two separate operations in Aizawl on Thursday, he said.

He said that four persons, all residents of Mizoram, were arrested in connection with the seizure of ganja.

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The ganja were smuggled from Meghalaya and Tripura, he said.

Peter said that the use of ganja is increasing among youths these days.

All the eight accused were booked under relevant sections of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 and they were produced before the judge of special court (ND&PS Act) on Thursday and Friday, he added.