Mizoram bears burden of drug trade after unrest in Manipur
The Hindu
The ethnic unrest in adjoining Manipur appears to have led to a spike in the trafficking of drugs and other contraband items in Mizoram from Myanmar.
GUWAHATI
The ethnic unrest in adjoining Manipur appears to have led to a spike in the trafficking of drugs and other contraband items in Mizoram from Myanmar.
Both Manipur and Mizoram have been conduits of drug trade from Myanmar and beyond in eastern and southeastern Asia. Traffickers have often used the areas along the Moreh-Sugnu axis in Manipur and the Zokhawthar-Kolasib axis in Mizoram.
But since May 3, when violence broke out in Manipur, the trafficking of heroin, cocaine, methamphetamine, and cannabis, apart from areca nuts and foreign cigarettes, has registered a spike in Mizoram.
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Records with the Mizoram Police and other government agencies said the security forces in Mizoram seized contraband from traffickers on 21 instances between May 5 and June 14. These items were worth ₹78.19 crore in the grey market.
Three more cases of seizure of cocaine (1,800 grams) and heroin (701.09 grams) in Bangladesh and Meghalaya on May 15 and 16 had a Mizoram connection.
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