New Delhi, Oct. 25 -- The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) launched 'Operation Trident' across Assam, Mizoram and Manipur on October 23, deploying 38 multi-agency teams to simultaneously target 38 locations and dismantle a transnational drug trafficking network, uncovering nearly Rs 100 crore in hawala transactions, freezing 1,424 bank accounts and arresting 18 people.

As per the official release, the crackdown is in line with Modi Govt's policy of Zero Tolerance against Drugs and a strategic shift from a seizure-centric to a network-centric approach. The massive three-state multi-agency blitzkrieg was launched against transnational narco-financial syndicates across Assam, Mizoram and Manipur. In line with the Vision Document on Narcotics ...