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News: The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), in coordination with the Mizoram Police and the Enforcement Directorate (ED), has launched Operation Trident across Assam, Mizoram and Manipur.
About Operation Trident of NCB
- It is a major crackdown on an alleged transnational drug trafficking network operating across Assam, Mizoram and Manipur.
- Launched by: The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), in coordination with the Mizoram Police and the Enforcement Directorate (ED), has launched Operation Trident of NCB.
- It was conducted on October 23, with 38 multi-agency teams carrying out simultaneous searches at 38 identified locations across the three states.
- Operation Trident is part of the government’s broader strategy to dismantle transnational drug trafficking syndicates by targeting their financial networks and logistical operations, rather than focusing solely on drug seizures.
- Highlights of Operation:
- The operation resulted in the arrest of 18 people.
- Authorities also identified hawala transactions worth nearly ₹100 crore, froze 1,424 bank accounts and attached properties valued at ₹17.82 crore. Security agencies seized 500 detonators and ₹12 lakh in cash.
- Investigations have linked the network to the cross-border trafficking of methamphetamine and heroin through routes connecting Myanmar, Mizoram, Manipur, Assam and Tripura, with onward movement into mainland India and Bangladesh.
- The investigation involved intelligence-sharing, financial profiling and digital forensics.
