Drugs & substances worth over 137cr destroyed in Aizawl & Champhai
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In Aizawl, the drugs seized by the state excise & narcotics department was torched at the outskirts of Aizawl by the ruling Zoram People's Movement (ZPM) legislator T Lalhlimpuia.
In Champhai district, over Rs 117.34 crore worth drugs were destroyed at an event where the district deputy commissioner Mohammad Aaquib was the chief guest.
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