Aizawl, March 26 -- Assam Rifles arrested three persons from Assam possessing 151.7 grams of heroin worth Rs. 1.13 crore across the Indo-Myanmar border in east Mizoram's Champhai district, Assam Rifles said in a statement on Wednesday.

The authority identified the accused as Rashid Ahmed (28), Imran Khan (27), and Kamrul Islam Laskar (27), all hailed from Assam, the statement said.

Acting on specific inputs, Assam Rifles personnel set up a mobile check post at an Indo-Myanmar border crossing point in Zokhawthar village in Champhai district on March 24 and intercepted a Maruti S-Presso car bearing Assam registration numbers, it said.

On thorough checking of the vehicle, security forces recovered 12 packets of heroin weighing 151.7 grams...