Wednesday, January 28, 2015

Four, including Myanmar national, arrested for heroin possession in Mizoram

Investigators from Mizoram’s chief anti-narcotics agency have arrested four suspected heroin peddlers — among them two women of which one is a Myanmar national — in as many seizures over the past two days.

Wednesday’s arrests by the Excise and Narcotics Department were both made in eastern Champhai town.

Vanrammawii, 30, of southern Lunglei town was caught around 10.30 am at New Champhai with 10 grams of heroin.

Zohmingliana, 37, of nearby Khawzawl town was caught 45 minutes later with a “container of heroin” at Champhai’s Vengthlang locality less than an hour later. A spokesperson did not specify the weight of the latter seizure.

On Tuesday, investigators had arrested Samuel Lalthanhruaia, 21, of Mizoram capital Aizawl’s Ramhlun South locality with 10 grams of heroin in the same area an hour and a half past noon.

About an hour later, sleuths arrested Lallianveli, 37, a resident of Tahan township in Myanmar’s Sagaing Division, with 29 grams of heroin in Aizawl’s Vaivakawn locality.

All four suspected peddlers have been booked under the NDPS Act.