The Narcotics Control Bureau launched Operation Trident across Assam, Mizoram and Manipur on October 23, deploying 38 multi-agency teams to dismantle a transnational drug trafficking network. The operation uncovered nearly Rs 100 crore in hawala transactions, froze 1,424 bank accounts and resulted in the arrest of 18 people. The crackdown is part of the government strategy of zero tolerance against drugs and marks a shift from a seizure-centric to a network-centric approach.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah stated that agencies launched simultaneous crackdowns across 38 locations in Assam, Mizoram and Manipur. The operation revealed Rs 100 crore worth of hawala transactions, froze 1,424 bank accounts, attached properties worth Rs 17.82 crore, seized 500 detonators and Rs 12 lakh in cash, and led to the arrest of 18 people. The network trafficked narcotics across the borders of India, Myanmar and Bangladesh through the Death Triangle Corridor.
The NCB spearheaded Operation Trident in coordination with Mizoram Police and the Enforcement Directorate to dismantle the financial backbone of the drug cartel. Coordinated strikes covered urban hubs and border corridors including Aizawl, Champhai, Zokhawthar, Churachandpur and the Cachar transit corridor. The investigations exposed a transnational syndicate led by Myanmar-based kingpin Thangcintuang, who orchestrated the cross-border routing of methamphetamine and heroin into mainland India and Bangladesh.
