Mizoram: State police crackdown against banned Chinese bikes, 16 two-wheelers seized
Guwahati: Mizoram police have started a crackdown against banned Chinese-origin foreign bikes in the state, officials said on Thursday.
Despite a ban on Chinese-origin foreign bikes in Mizoram, the two-wheelers are freely available in the northeastern state, bordering Myanmar and Bangladesh, and police have begun action.
The Chinese bikes are being smuggled to Mizoram and other northeastern states through the India-Myanmar border and being used by the Indians violating the Motor Vehicles Act, officials stated.
On Wednesday, in a crackdown, the Mizoram police seized 16 foreign bikes from various parts of the Siaha district in southern Mizoram.
The crackdown against the foreign bikes would be intensified in all the 11 districts and the legal action is being initiated against the foreign bike’s owners and users, official stated.
However, on Wednesday, the Assam Rifles seized four Kenbo bikes in the Siaha district while these two-wheelers were ferrying a large cache of Myanmar-bound tactical and war-like stores including a satellite phone. Four people were arrested with the material, which also include five mobile phones, eight SIM cards, 105 bullets of point .22 rifles, and 9,000 airgun pellets, being smuggled to Myanmar-based militant outfits.
