Six vehicles smuggling areca nuts from Myanmar torched in Mizoram
3 min readBy Express News Service
GUWAHATI: Six vehicles, smuggling dry areca nuts from Myanmar, had been burnt down in Mizoram’s Mamit district by miscreants on Saturday. The incident occurred between Zawlnuam and Zamuang villages.
Superintendent of Police Lalthangpuii Pulamte stated no one was injured.
“We haven’t been able to identify the ones transporting the products. We also haven’t been able to ascertain where the vehicles were destined to,” the SP stated.
The smuggled areca nut commerce thrives in India at the price of native growers. Two days in the past, Mizoram MP Ok Vanlalvena raised the problem in Parliament. He had insisted the smuggling of areca nuts from Myanmar wanted to be stopped.
“I kindly request the Indian government to not be confused. Our own areca product and foreign areca product are two different things. Foreign areca product is dry. Our native product is fresh,” the MP had stated.
Vanlalvena stated the areca nut growers in Mizoram had been dealing with plenty of hardships after failing to move their merchandise exterior the state. He lauded the central authorities for its numerous measures in opposition to smuggling.
The areca nut growers in Mizoram in addition to Tripura expressed anguish that their merchandise, transported in vehicles, are sometimes seized by the police and different companies in Assam, as a result of their lack of ability to differentiate between homegrown areca nuts and the smuggled merchandise.
Earlier, the Home Ministry had reportedly issued directions to crack down on vehicles smuggling areca nuts.
Last month, areca nut growers in Mizoram staged a protest for a number of days in opposition to the federal government’s failure to handle their plight.
GUWAHATI: Six vehicles, smuggling dry areca nuts from Myanmar, had been burnt down in Mizoram’s Mamit district by miscreants on Saturday. The incident occurred between Zawlnuam and Zamuang villages.
Superintendent of Police Lalthangpuii Pulamte stated no one was injured.
“We haven’t been able to identify the ones transporting the products. We also haven’t been able to ascertain where the vehicles were destined to,” the SP stated.
The smuggled areca nut commerce thrives in India at the price of native growers. Two days in the past, Mizoram MP Ok Vanlalvena raised the problem in Parliament. He had insisted the smuggling of areca nuts from Myanmar wanted to be stopped.
“I kindly request the Indian government to not be confused. Our own areca product and foreign areca product are two different things. Foreign areca product is dry. Our native product is fresh,” the MP had stated.
Vanlalvena stated the areca nut growers in Mizoram had been dealing with plenty of hardships after failing to move their merchandise exterior the state. He lauded the central authorities for its numerous measures in opposition to smuggling.
The areca nut growers in Mizoram in addition to Tripura expressed anguish that their merchandise, transported in vehicles, are sometimes seized by the police and different companies in Assam, as a result of their lack of ability to differentiate between homegrown areca nuts and the smuggled merchandise.
Earlier, the Home Ministry had reportedly issued directions to crack down on vehicles smuggling areca nuts.
Last month, areca nut growers in Mizoram staged a protest for a number of days in opposition to the federal government’s failure to handle their plight.
