Mizoram: Myanmar national held with heroin in Champhai district

A 62-year-old man from Myanmar has been arrested for possessing 810 grams of heroin in east Mizoram's Champhai district, an official said on Wednesday.
    
The accused, identified as Hrangherkapa, a resident of Khawthlir in Myanmar's Chin state, was arrested with the contraband near Khuangleng village in Champhai district on Tuesday, Mizoram Excise and Narcotics Department spokesperson Peter Zohmingthanga, said.

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He was booked under relevant sections of the Narcotic Drugs & Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 and produced before the judge of Special Court (NDPS Act) in Champhai on Wednesday, Zohmingthanga said.

More details awaited.