Champhai District

• 

  Over 4,000 Flee to Mizoram Following Armed Clashes In Myanmar's Chin State

  Fighting between two armed Chin groups in Myanmar has forced several civilians to flee into Mizoram's Champhai. At least 2,845 people from Khawmawi and Rihkhawdar villages, which border Mizoram, have sought refuge in Zokhawthar village.

• 

  Heroin Worth Rs 8.43 Crore Smuggled From Myanmar Seized In Mizoram

  Assam Rifles and Mizoram Police in a joint operation have seized heroin valued at Rs 8.43 crore from Champhai district, an official said on Friday.

• 

  2 Myanmar Nationals Arrested With Drugs Worth Rs 10.65 Crore In Mizoram

  Two Myanmar nationals, including a woman, were arrested for possessing 1.5 kg of heroin worth Rs 10.65 crore in east Mizoram's Champhai district, the Assam Rifles said on Friday.

• 

  Drugs Worth More Than Rs 35 Crore Seized In Mizoram, 3 Arrested

  The Assam Rifles and Mizoram Police, in a joint operation, seized 11.397 kg of methamphetamine tablets and 218 grams of heroin worth more than Rs 35 crore in the Champhai district of Mizoram on Wednesday, officials said.

• 

  Myanmar National Arrested With Drugs In Mizoram: Excise Department

  A 47-year-old Myanmarese national was arrested with 248 grams of heroin in east Mizoram's Champhai district near the Myanmar border on Friday, the state excise and narcotics department said in a statement.

• 

  5,000 Myanmar Refugees Enter Mizoram, Aid Groups Work Hard On Relief

  Another humanitarian crisis is unfolding as over 5,000 Myanmar nationals have taken shelter in Zokhawthar in Mizoram's Champhai district after fleeing from the violence in the junta-run nation.

• 

  Mizoram Man, 78, His Son Sent To Jail For 10 Years For Drug Trafficking

  A 78-year-old man and his son were sentenced to 10 years in jail by a court in Mizoram's Champhai district for drug trafficking.

• 

  Drugs Worth Rs 42 Crore Seized In Mizoram, Accused On The Run: Official

  A team of the Assam Rifles and Mizoram Police seized 15.9 kg of methamphetamine tablets worth Rs 42 crore at Zokhawthar village in Champhai district, an official said on Sunday.

• 

  Heroin Worth Rs 18 Crore Seized In Mizoram, 5 Myanmarese Arrested

  Five Myanmarese were arrested in Mizoram's Champhai district after heroin worth over Rs 18 crore and unaccounted cash of Rs 1.21 crore were seized from their possession in three separate operations, officials said on Saturday.

• 

  Myanmar National Arrested With Drugs Worth Rs 2 Crore In Mizoram

  A 33-year-old Myanmar national was arrested from Mizoram's Champhai district for possessing heroin worth Rs 2 crore, an official said on Friday.

• 

  1.5 Lakh Meth Pills Seized From Mizoram-Myanmar Border, Total Rs 100 Crore Worth In 5 Days

  Methamphetamine tablets worth Rs 45 crore were seized in east Mizoram's Champhai district, officials said on Tuesday.

• 

  Drugs Worth Over Rs 87 Crore Seized In Mizoram

  Personnel of Assam Rifles have recovered 2 lakh tablets of methamphetamine worth Rs 60 crore and heroin valued at around Rs 27.8 crore in East Mizoram's Champhai district near the Myanmar border, officials said.

• 

  78-Year-Old Enrols In Class 9 In Mizoram, Walks 3 Kilometres Daily To School

  Born in 1945 in Champhai district, Mr Lalringthara lost his father at a young age and was forced to support his mother in the fields to help her make ends meet.

• 

  Drugs Worth More Than Rs 84 Crore Seized In Mizoram: Police

  Police recovered and seized a large quantity of contraband drugs worth more than Rs 84 crore in Mizoram's Champhai district, said Mizoram police.

• 

  Drugs Worth Rs 1 Crore Seized In Mizoram, Say Assam Officials

  Heroin worth Rs 1 crore was seized close to the India-Myanmar border in Mizoram's Champhai district today, an Assam Rifles statement said.