INDIA, Dec. 9 -- Various drugs worth over Rs. 318 crore and smuggled Burmese areca nuts worth Rs. 35 crore have been seized in Mizoram over the past two years, highlighting the state's relentless efforts to curb smuggling across the border, a minister said on Monday.

The Zoram People's Movement (ZPM) government, headed by Chief Minister Lalduhoma, which assumed power on 8 December 2023, completed two years in office on Monday.

Highlighting the government's achievements, State Information and Public Relations Minister B. Lalchhanzova told reporters that 54 firearms and 28,005 rounds of live ammunition were seized during the same period.

He said that various drugs, including heroin and methamphetamine, worth Rs. 318.29 crore in the local...