India·Source-based summary

ED searches 16 places linked to smuggling offoreign-origin betel nut via the Indo-Myanmar border

Dried areca nut consignments were brought overland to the Indo-Myanmar border opposite Champhai in Mizoram, and ferried across the Tiau river at Zokhawthar in small lots, bypassing the Land Customs Station, in a well-organised racket, the ED alleges

This is a source-based summary, not original reporting by Ebenezer journalists. Source: The Hindu. Ebenezer published 5 Oct 2026, 05:36 pm. Editorial policy.

India — The Hindu