Two JSS Members Arrested in Mizoram with Drugs Worth ₹10 Crore
News Desk
In a major breakthrough against cross-border narcotics trafficking, the Assam Rifles seized methamphetamine tablets worth approximately Rs. 10.43 crores during an operation in the Pukpui area of Mizoram’s Lunglei district. Two individuals were apprehended in connection with the consignment, both believed to be active members of the Parbatya Chattagram Jana Samhati Samiti (PCJSS), an armed insurgent group based in the Chittagong Hill Tracts of Bangladesh.
According to an official statement from Assam Rifles, the operation was based on actionable intelligence regarding drug stockpiles linked to cross-border smuggling routes. The arrested suspects, identified as Sapna Chakma and Punyasur Chakma, were reportedly in possession of a large quantity of meth tablets intended for trafficking across the India-Myanmar-Bangladesh corridor.
Intelligence sources have confirmed that both individuals are close associates of top PCJSS leader Bidhayak Chakma, indicating the presence of a wider narcotics syndicate operating under the guise of political insurgency. Investigators believe the smuggling network is being used as a major funding channel for PCJSS’s armed operations in the region.
The seized narcotics and the detained individuals have been handed over to the Mizoram Excise and Narcotics Department in Lunglei. Legal proceedings are underway, and further investigations are expected to reveal additional links and operatives involved in the racket.
In a separate operation on the same day, Assam Rifles also intercepted a consignment of 63 cases of illegal ORIS brand cigarettes in the Tlangsam area of Champhai district. The contraband, valued at approximately Rs. 81 lakhs, was also believed to be tied to networks affiliated with the PCJSS. One individual was taken into custody and handed over to the Champhai Police Department.
Security analysts have long warned of the growing convergence between armed insurgent groups and transnational criminal networks in the region. The dual seizures on June 19 reinforce concerns that the PCJSS, under the leadership of Santu Larma, has evolved from a political platform into an organized criminal syndicate involved in drug trafficking, arms smuggling, and extortion.
The scale of the seizure and the affiliations of those arrested signal a deeper security threat not just to India, but also to neighboring Bangladesh. Experts are calling for stronger cross-border cooperation and decisive state action to dismantle the drug-financed insurgency infrastructure that continues to destabilize the region.
With mounting evidence of PCJSS’s involvement in narco-terrorism, many now urge the governments of India and Bangladesh to re-evaluate the group’s status and consider designating it as a transnational threat.
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