Champhai, April 12 -- In a joint operation, Assam Rifles and the Customs Preventive Force recovered illegal foreign-origin liquor worth Rs 2.52 lakh from the general area of Ngur in the Champhai district of Mizoram.

Acting on specific intelligence inputs regarding the trafficking of foreign liquor in the region, a joint area domination patrol was launched on April 10. During the operation, the team discovered 21 cases of Dagon Beer, a foreign-origin liquor, which were dumped and concealed in a jungle area near Ngur.

The seized liquor was handed over to the Customs Preventive Force, Champhai.

On Tuesday, Mizoram Chief Minister Lalduhoma met with Anurag Garg, Director General of the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), at his office in Aizawl...