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205 arrested for illegal drug deal in Mizoram last year
Aizawl,
Mar
25:
As
many
as
205
persons,
including
63
Myanmarese
nationals,
were
arrested
under
the
Narcotic
Drugs
and
Psychedelic
Substances
Act
last
year
in
Mizoram.
Replying
to
a
query
in
the
state
Assembly,state
Excise&Narcotic
minister
Dr
Lalzama
said,
''Myanmarese
have
constituted
only
30.7
per
cent
of
persons
arrested
for
illegal
peddling
of
contraband
items
including
heroin,
ganja,
and
diazepam
in
the
state
last
year.''
Altogether
336
persons,
including
two
Myanmarese,
were
arrested
for
dealing
in
proxyvon
-
the
most
common
abused
drug
in
Mizoram
and
other
pharmaceutical
drugs
during
the
same
period
Under
Assam
Drugs
Control
Act.
Even
though
heroin
is
believed
to
be
smuggled
mainly
from
Myanmar,
pain-killer
proxyvon,
which
has
claimed
a
much
larger
number
of
lives,
comes
from
Asom,
he
added.
UNI
