Aizawl, March 8 -- In a significant drug haul, the Mizoram Excise and Narcotics Department, in collaboration with the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), apprehended three individuals, including a woman, in connection with the seizure of 48 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine.

The confiscated drugs, valued at approximately Rs. 6.72 crore, were recovered during an operation in Aizawl on Thursday, an official confirmed on Friday.

The joint operation took place in Aizawl's Khatla locality, where authorities seized the illicit substances from Munglamtuanga (33), a resident of Ngopa in Saitual district, and Joseph Hmangaihzuala (49) from Ramhlun South in Aizawl.

Further investigations led to the arrest of a woman, Zalinthluaii, a resident of Z...