Aizawl, May 7 (PTI) Assam Rifles and Mizoram Police have seized 2.16 kg of methamphetamine tablets worth Rs 6.4 crore in a joint operation in east Mizoram's Champhai town near Myanmar border on Monday, the paramilitary force said in a statement.

The security forces arrested a person in this connection and also seized a maxicab used for transporting the drug, the statement added.

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In another operation, the Assam Rifles and customs department seized 20 cases of smuggled foreign cigarettes worth Rs 26 lakh on Aizawl-Champhai road on the same day, the statement added.

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