Aizawl, July 22 -- Assam Rifles, in a targeted operation on Tuesday, seized heroin worth Rs 9.75 crore near the Indo-Myanmar border in Mizoram, said Assam Rifles in an official statement.

Acting on specific intelligence inputs regarding narcotics trafficking, the security forces launched the operation in the general area of Crossing Point-1, Zokhawthar, and recovered 1.227 kilograms of Heroin No. 4, with an estimated market value of Rs 9.75 crore, from a TATA Intra V10 pickup vehicle. The vehicle was seized on the spot.

The recovered contraband and the vehicle have been handed over to the Excise and Narcotics Department, Champhai, for further legal proceedings. Further investigation is underway.

Earlier, Assam Rifles, in a joint operat...