Aizawl, Oct 18 (IANS) The Assam Rifles troopers on Tuesday have seized 92,550 highly addictive methamphetamine tablets valued at around Rs 31 crore, and arrested one person in this connection in Mizoram, officials said.
Since Saturday, the Assam Rifles and Mizoram Police personnel have seized foreign cigarettes valued at Rs 2.72 crore, drugs valued at Rs 34.18 crore and rescued 140 exotic animals and arrested four persons in this connection.
Assam Rifles sources said that the para-military jawans along with Excise and Narcotics Department on Tuesday seized 92,550 methamphetamine tablets valued at around Rs 31 crore and arrested one person at Falkland Veng in Aizawl district.
A statement by the Assam Rifles said the ongoing smuggling of methamphetamine tablets and other drugs are a major cause of concern for the state of Mizoram.
The Assam Rifles have been guarding Mizoram's 510 km unfenced border with Myanmar.
In 2017, the Aam Aadmi Party had got around 23 per cent votes but the projections for this election is 39 per cent, while Congress seems to have lost around 11 per cent votes, against in last election's over 38 per cent now, to around 26 per cent and may see its tally come down from 77 seats to 25 seats.
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This advisory, prepared by the Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, warns about aerial raids, missile attacks, artillery shelling, small arms and gunfire, grenade explosions and 'Molotov cocktails', including by local people/militia.
