A senior official of BSF's Mizoram-Cachar Frontier on Wednesday said a joint operation was conducted by the troops of the border guard's Mashimpur (Silchar)-based frontier headquarter and 142 Battalion BSF, in association with police, after inputs by BSF's intelligence wing. The smuggler was caught from Rangerkhari locality of Silchar town. Thirty grams of narcotics, suspected to be heroin, and Indian currency of Rs 44,500 was found on him.
The arrested smuggler was identified as Lungakaselav (50), a resident of Hakha village in Lairam Chingtai district of Myanmar.
After questioning, it was learnt that Lungakaselav crossed over to India on July 28 through Indo-Myanmar border in Mizoram and stayed at different places, including Aizawl, till August 6 in search of buyers.
It is learnt that a Mizo woman provided him shelter in Aizawl and also arranged a guide for him to reach Silchar. This was aimed at marketing of narcotics smuggled from Myanmar in this part of Assam.
Lungakaselav, along with the seized items, was handed over to Assam Police for further investigation. On Wednesday, he was produced in court, which remanded him in police custody for two days.
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