
Over 30k meth tablets seized in Mizoram, four held: Officials
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Zohmingthanga told TOI that 1.1kg (10,100 tablets) of methamphetamine was seized at Zote-Bulfek Road in Champhai district bordering Myanmar at 7.30pm on Wednesday. Lalfakawma (27), a resident of Dampui village in Chin state of Myanmar, now living in Champhai town, was arrested in this connection.
The state excise and narcotics officials and the Assam Rifles personnel again seized 1.972kg (20,000 tablets) of methamphetamine at Tuikhuahtlang neighbourhood in Aizawl early Thursday morning, he said.
Three accused — Taj Uddin (22) of Jurbari, Patharkandi Police Station, Karimganj district in Assam, Mahub Hussain (21) of Purachandpur, Patharkandi PS, Karimganj district in Assam, and Halal Uddin (21) of Dharmanagar in Tripura — were arrested.
A car used for the transportation of the contraband from Myanmar was also seized. The four accused persons are booked under relevant sections of the Narcotic Drugs & Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, and produced before local courts on Thursday.
Meanwhile, the state excise and narcotics department recorded 42 drug-related deaths, including seven women, in Mizoram from Jan until July 24.
With this, 1,921 people have died in the state due to drug abuse since 1984 when the first drug-related death (heroin abuser) was recorded.

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