BSF’s huge arms seizure in Mizoram

NorthEast Now
MIZORAM, Sep 30: Mizoram has clearly emerged as the main arms trafficking route to and from Northeast India after BSF seized a huge consignment of weapons on Monday.
This is cause for worry for all three countries – India, Myanmar and Bangladesh because easy availability of weapons sustains insurgencies in this sensitive border region.
BSF said they nabbed three Mizos from Phuldungsei on Tripura-Mizoram international border with Bangladesh on Monday and seized a huge number of illegal arms and ammunitions.
This is easily one of the biggest arms seizures in Mizoram and rest of the North-Eastern region in recent years.
The three Mizos are perhaps part of an international arms smuggling racket, the BSF said in a statement released recently.
The BSF acted on a specific input from its ‘G’ Branch and Military Intelligence about a big consignment of weapons moving from Tripura to Mizoram’s Phuldungsei area.
Phuldungsei village, on the Tripura-Mizoram border, is the last village of Yripura.
BSF patrols launched a special operation on the outskirts of Phuldungsei and laid a trap that led to interception of two vehicles bearing Mizoram number plates.
“On searching the vehicles, the Border Security Force recovered 30 sophisticated weapons, including 28 AK-Series Rifles, one 5.56 MM AK-74 Rifle and one Carbine, along with 7,894 assorted ammunitions. An amount of Rs 39,020 and other articles were also recovered from the apprehended persons,” the BSF said in a statement.
Three persons, identified as Lalhuapzauva, Vanlalruata and Liansanga – all residents of Mizoram’s capital Aizawl – have been arrested.