Aizawl, July 18 -- A Fast Track Court in Kolasib district has sentenced a 45-year-old man from Manipur to 14 years of rigorous imprisonment for trafficking heroin into Mizoram from Myanmar.
The court also imposed a fine of Rs 1 lakh, with an additional six-month prison term in case of default.
The judgment, delivered by Fast Track Court Judge R. Vanlalena, came nearly a year after Seikholen Khongsai, a resident of Saikot in Churachandpur district, Manipur, was arrested with a significant quantity of heroin. The judge also acquitted three co-accused in the case due to lack of sufficient evidence.
Khongsai was apprehended by Kolasib district police on August 21, 2023, after being found in possession of 1.64 kilograms of heroin concealed i...