Almost 50K US dollars ‘meant for illegal arms purchases seized in Mizoram

Paramilitary force Assam Rifles and Directorate of Revenue Intelligence have seized US $ 48,700 .

Troops from the 39th Assam Rifles with seized money in Mizoram’s Kolasib district on Friday night. (Source: Express photo)

Troops from the paramilitary force Assam Rifles and the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence have seized US $ 48,700 allegedly meant for purchasing illegal arms and arrested one person in Mizoram’s Kolasib district, according to a statement.

Troops from the 39th Assam Rifles and DRI officials intercepted a vehicle near the village of Zanlawn in Mizoram’s Kolasib district on Friday night.

“The seized US Dollars [were] in denominations of 100, 50 and 20 dollar bills,” the statement said, adding the owner has been identified as Khuplianthanga, a resident of Champhai, a town near the international border with Myanmar.

“The seized US currency converted to Indian Rupees is more than 30 lakh rupees,” said the statement, adding a mobile phone recovered from the suspect had contact numbers from Myanmar, and that the money was meant for payments for an arms consignment in Myanmar.

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