Aizawl, June 6 -- The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) intercepted a large consignment of smuggled methamphetamine tablets near Aizawl in Mizoram, on June 3.

Acting on intelligence, officials stopped a vehicle on the Aizawl-Champhai Road and uncovered 16 brick-sized packages of pink/orange methamphetamine tablets.

The tablets, cleverly concealed in hidden compartments beneath the rear seat and within the fuel tank, weighed a total of 16 kilograms and are valued at approximately Rs 16 crore in the international illicit drug market.

The vehicle and the narcotics were seized, and both the driver and his accomplice were arrested under provisions of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985.

Initial investiga...