Assam Rifles seizes huge consignment of smuggled opium, foreign cigarettes in Manipur and Mizoram

  • | Saturday | 29th May, 2021

The Tengnoupal Battalion of Assam Rifles stopped two trucks near Khudengthabi village in Tengnoupal district of Manipur and seized betel nuts, opium and timber worth Rs 9.24 crore.

The Assam Rifles said on Friday that it had seized smuggled goods worth more than nine crore rupees in several joint operations in Mizoram and Manipur. In a joint operation with the Customs Preventive Force, Assam Rifles seized 39 boxes of cigarettes of foreign origin worth Rs 51.94 lakh from the Lawngtlai district of Mizoram.

In another operation, Assam Rifles seized banned items including betel nut, opium and timber worth Rs 9.24 crore in the Tengnupal district of Manipur.

"On May 28, Serchhip Battalion of Assam Rifles recovered 39 boxes of cigarettes of foreign origin valued at Rs 51.94 lakh in a joint operation with the Customs Preventive Force," tweeted the official account of Assam Rifles.

Another tweet said, "On May 28, the Tengnoupal Battalion of Assam Rifles stopped two trucks near Khudengthabi village in Tengnoupal district of Manipur and seized betel nuts, opium and timber worth Rs 9.24 crore.

Earlier on Thursday, the Loktak Battalion of Assam Rifles also captured an active Jeliangrong United Front-Genchui (ZUF-J) cadre from Molhoi village in Bishnupur district of Manipur.


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