Police officials said that the areca nuts, also known as Burmese Betel nuts, were smuggled from Myanmar. The Assam Rifles, Customs and police often seized Burmese areca nuts in Mizoram after they ...

(MENAFN- IANS) Aizawl, March 30 (IANS) Assam Rifles, along with Customs, have seized a large consignment of smuggled areca nuts, also known as Burmese Betel nuts, valued at Rs 1.79 crore in ...

He, however, said the ministry of agriculture & farmers' welfare (horticulture division) discouraged additional planting of areca nuts as India is now self-sufficient in betel nut production and ...