Aizawl, Aug. 30 -- Security forces in Mizoram seized methamphetamine tablets worth over Rs 165 crore and arrested five people in separate operations, officials said.

In the first operation, a joint team of the Border Security Force (BSF) and Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) intercepted a pickup truck near Serchhip town on Thursday following a tip-off.

Officials recovered 9.6 lakh methamphetamine (Yaba) tablets valued at Rs 144 crore and arrested three residents of Aizawl for possession of the contraband.

In a second operation on the outskirts of Aizawl, personnel from the Assam Rifles and Special Narcotics Police Station recovered 7 kg of meth tablets worth Rs 21 crore from a vehicle in Zemabawk South. Two persons were arrested in connec...