New Delhi, Oct. 30 -- Cracking the whip on across-border drug smuggling, the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has seized 50 kg of methamphetamine, including 30 kg of Yaba tablets and 20 kg of crystal meth, in two operations in Mizoram and Assam, and arrested four people under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985.

The seizures were made on 29 and 30 October, following specific intelligence inputs about the transportation of multiple consignments of narcotics from Zokhawthar towards Aizawl and Silchar, the finance ministry said in a statement on Friday.

In the first operation on 29 October, DRI officers, with operational assistance from the Assam Rifles, intercepted a vehicle on the outskirts of Aizawl ...