A major crackdown on cross-border synthetic drug trafficking in the Northeast has been done.
The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) Agartala Zonal Unit, along with its Aizawl Field Office, seized 22.299 kg. of methamphetamine tablets worth approximately ₹17.84 crore in two separate operations in Mizoram and Tripura. Four persons, including a Myanmar national, were arrested.
In Mizoram, the NCB Aizawl Field Office, in coordination with Serchhip Police, CID (SB) and Serchhip DSB, conducted an intelligence-based operation near the India-Myanmar border in the Zokhawthar-Champhai sector during the intervening night of September 2-3.
A Myanmar national, Lalpanliana, was apprehended, and 14.26 kg of methamphetamine, valued at around ₹11.41 crore, was seized along with a Yamaha motorcycle and mobile phones.
In Tripura, the NCB Agartala Zonal Unit intercepted a Tata Dumper near Bishramganj in Sepahijala district on September 3.
A search operation later recovered 8.039 kg of methamphetamine tablets concealed in a backpack beneath the co-driver’s seat.
Three Tripura residents were arrested. Further investigation is underway to trace the drug networks, financial links and intended recipients. NCB urged citizens to report drug-related information through its 24×7 toll-free helpline 1933.