Aizawl, Apr 2 (PTI) A juvenile has been apprehended with 23 gram heroin in Mizoram’s Khawzawl district, police said on Thursday.

A team from Khawzawl police station intercepted the juvenile hailing from Champhai’s Tlangsam village at a check gate on Wednesday, they said.

Upon conducting a search, the team recovered two soap cases containing 23 gram of heroin, a police statement said.

The minor was produced before the Principal Magistrate of the Juvenile Justice Board (JJB) in Khawzawl for further legal proceedings, it said. PTI CORR RBT