DRI seizes over 125,000 kg foreign-origin smuggled areca nuts and 41,000 kg poppy seeds worth around Rs. 20.31 crore in Assam and Mizoram in a crackdown on cross-border smuggling; four arrested

India, Sept. 25 -- The Government of India has issued a release:

Continuing its sustained crackdown on cross-border smuggling, the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI), has seized 1,25,680 kg of foreign-origin areca nuts and 41,697 kg foreign-origin poppy seeds, collectively valued at approximately Rs. 20.31 crore, in two intelligence-led operations in Mizoram and Assam. Four persons have been arrested in connection with the transportation of the smuggled poppy seeds.

On 23-24.09.26, in a major intelligence led operation in Mizoram, DRI with the assistance of Customs Champhai, 14th Battalion Assam Rifles and Champhai Police, searched three godowns in and around Ruantlang village, Champhai District, located approximately 20 km from th...