Overview
- Mizoram Police carried out multiple routine checks in early June that led to the arrest of eight women in Champhai district and the recovery of 352 grams of heroin valued at about Rs 70 lakh.
- A separate Saitual district operation recovered 587 grams of heroin concealed in 50 soap cases from a 51‑year‑old woman from Manipur, a haul estimated at more than Rs 1.17 crore.
- Officers said much of the contraband was hidden inside soap cases and in clothing, and the largest single seizure was 180 grams taken from a 19‑year‑old in Aizawl’s Bethlehem Vengchhak.
- Police named the arrestees and described the actions as part of ongoing efforts to curb smuggling along Mizoram’s unfenced 510‑km border with Myanmar, where Chin State is cited as a transit hub.
- Authorities say the operations will lead to continued investigations and checkpoints, and they warned that sustained policing is needed to disrupt the established cross‑border routes and protect local communities.