Aizawl, Dec 4 (PTI) Heroin worth Rs 1 crore was seized in Mizoram's Champhai district, the Assam Rifles said in a statement on Wednesday.

During a joint operation with the Excise and Narcotics Department, 152 gram of heroin was seized from Zote village, it said.

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In another operation, the Assam Rifles seized 8,000 kg of smuggled areca nuts worth Rs 56 lakh in Ngur village on Tuesday, it added.

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