Aizawl, Aug 17 (PTI) Heroin worth over Rs 47 lakh was seized from a place, close to the India-Myanmar border, in Mizoram's Champhai district, an Assam Rifles statement said on Tuesday.

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Acting on a tip-off, Assam Rifles personnel and Customs Department officials conducted a search operation at Zokhawthar town near the international border on Monday and seized 119 gram of the contraband.

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The seized heroin was suspectedly smuggled from the neighbouring country and handed over to the customs officials, it said.

In another joint operation, 52 cases of foreign-origin cigarettes were recovered at Chhungte village in the district, the statement added.

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