Archive · 30 Aug 2026
Assam Rifles Seizes Rs 1.87 Crore Heroin Near Myanmar
Assam Rifles soldiers received information that drugs might be moved near the Myanmar border.
They waited in an area beside the Tiau river.
They saw a woman carrying a green bag and a person waiting on a scooter.
The woman put the bag down and signalled to the other person.
When the soldiers came closer, both people escaped.
The woman ran toward Myanmar, while the other person left on the scooter.
The bag contained 250.21 grams of heroin valued at more than Rs 1.87 crore.
Officials gave the drugs to the Excise and Narcotics Department for further action.
Assam Rifles personnel seized 250.21 grams of heroin in Mizoram’s Champhai district.
The contraband was estimated to be worth more than Rs 1.87 crore.
Troops acted on specific intelligence about narcotics movement near the India-Myanmar border.
A woman fled toward Myanmar and another person escaped on a scooter, leaving the bag behind.
The heroin was handed over to Champhai’s Excise and Narcotics Department for investigation and legal proceedings.
- Who
- Assam Rifles personnel seized the heroin; a woman and another person on a scooter escaped.
- What
- The troops recovered 250.21 grams of heroin worth more than Rs 1.87 crore.
- When
- The ambush took place on Saturday, and the seizure was reported by an official on Sunday, August 30.
- Where
- Along the Tiau river in the Vangkai area of Zokhawthar, Champhai district, near the India-Myanmar border.
- Why
- The operation followed specific intelligence about the movement of narcotics.
- Drug seized
- 250.21 grams of heroin
- Estimated value
- More than Rs 1.87 crore
- Agency conducting operation
- Assam Rifles
- Location
- Tiau river, Vangkai area of Zokhawthar, Champhai district
- Border
- India-Myanmar border
- Suspects
- A woman and another person escaped
- Case handover
- Champhai Excise and Narcotics Department