One arrested in Aizawl with 22 kg of ganja from Myanmar
Mizoram Excise and Narcotics officials seized over 21.98 kg of ganja in Aizawl and arrested one person from Selam village in Champhai district for allegedly smuggling it from Myanmar. The accused was booked under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985.
One person from Selam village in Champhai district, on the Mizoram-Myanmar
border, was arrested for allegedly smuggling the seized contraband from Myanmar.[1]The allegation against the arrested person was smuggling the contraband
from Myanmar.[1]The accused was booked under relevant sections of the
Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, the statute named in the
case.[1]
In Aizawl, Mizoram Excise and Narcotics department officials seized over 21.98
kg of ganja, as the department’s officials reported.[1]The seized ganja was
described parenthetically as cannabis, identifying the contraband as a cannabis
product.[1]Department officials said the seizure was made the previous night,
making the Aizawl seizure an overnight enforcement action.[1]
The arrested person belongs to Selam village, which lies in Champhai district on
the Mizoram-Myanmar border.[1]The case was presented as a cross-border
smuggling case, with Myanmar named as the alleged source of the seized
contraband.[1]The Mizoram Excise and Narcotics department, through its
officials, reported both the 21.98 kg seizure and the related arrest.[1]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
The article gives no separate calendar date for the seizure beyond 'last night'; 22 March 2017 is its publication date and is used as the incident date.
The arrested person is not named, and no age or gender is given.
No street value for the 21.98 kg of ganja was published.
No court outcome beyond booking under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 was reported.
Only one accessible source, a PTI report via The Indian Express, was found; a Business Standard reprint of the same PTI text could not be opened.
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