Mizoram Launches Four-Month Anti-Drug Operation Targeting Myanmar Border Routes
A police-led push pairs excise officials with the Young Mizo Association to choke routes along the Myanmar frontier.
Overview
- The drive runs from September 1 through December 31 with operations on border corridors and urban streets.
- Mizoram Police will deploy 32 personnel to vulnerable stretches to support Assam Rifles units and community volunteers.
- Authorities identified Champhai as the primary gateway, with 170 of 370 cases last year and over half of this year’s cases traced to the district.
- Officials cite seizure rates of only about 10–12 percent of smuggled narcotics, prompting an intensified, intelligence-led push.
- State records show large drug hauls since 2020 and 51 drug-related deaths this year, while recruitment for a Mizo Territorial Army battalion is underway.