Aizawl, July 25 -- Officials of the Mizoram Excise and Narcotics Department and the Assam Rifles seized 8.63 kilograms of methamphetamine tablets in separate operations over the past two days, an official said on Friday.

The team arrested five individuals, including one Myanmar national and three non-local residents, for possessing the contraband during the same period, he added.

Peter Zohmingthanga, spokesperson for the Excise and Narcotics Department, said that department officials seized 5.5 kg of methamphetamine tablets during an operation at Tualte village in eastern Mizoram's Champhai district and arrested a local resident on Thursday.

In a separate operation on the same day, the department, in collaboration with the Assam Rifles...