Two Arakan Army arrested in Mizoram

Two Suspected members of the Arakan Army gang arrested in Indian Mizoram State with drugs worth over Rs 26 crore (US$ 2.93 million).

Two suspected members of the AA gang were arrested in a joint operation by the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) and the Mizoram Anti-Narcotics Force on November 19, local media reported.

The Border Security Force (BSF) and the Mizoram Anti-Narcotics Force made the arrests in a special operation conducted by the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) and the Mizoram Anti-Narcotics Force based on a credible tip-off about the smuggling of drugs.

The joint team arrested both the suspects during a check on National Highway 6 (NH-6) between Silin and Turiel in Aizawl district. The packages were hidden in the bushes nearby and were brought into Mizoram from Paletwa in Chin State, local media reported, citing a BSF spokesperson. 

15 packets of Nagar brand methamphetamine weighing 14.905 grams and 707 grams of heroin packed in 49 soap boxes were seized, local media reported, citing a BSF spokesperson. 

Mizoram State, on the India-Myanmar border, has a cross-border drug trafficking network, most of which is allegedly run by the Arakan Army (AA), which controls Paletwa in Chin State. 

The Arakan Army (AA)-controlled Paletwa in Chin State shares an unfenced border with India's Mizoram state and is a hub for smuggling drugs and other contraband, local media reported, citing a BSF spokesman.

The arrested persons are being held by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) for strict legal action. 

On November 16, a large quantity of drugs was seized from a Rakhine man in Saw Township, Magway Region, local news outlet Yaw Ain Tan reported. 

On November 5, 24 people, including Khin Htun, the economic officer of the AA, were arrested in Pathein Township, Ayeyarwady Region, along with 4,000 kilograms of ice worth about 120 billion kyats, which were to be shipped to Rakhine State and Malaysia, the military council said. 

International organizations have accused the AA of earning its main income from drug trafficking to regional countries. 

The AA has been controlling Paletwa in Chin State despite opposition from local Chin people, with Paletwa residents saying that the main goal is to use the border to import and sell drugs to regional countries,

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