New Delhi, Oct. 25 -- The Narcotics Control Bureau and partner agencies searched 38 locations in Assam, Mizoram and Manipur on October 23 in a coordinated strike on a cross-border drug network, arresting 18 people, the government said on Sunday.

Officials said 38 composite teams hit pre-identified locations at the same time, aiming to stop suspects fleeing or hiding assets.

What was seized

Investigators also seized 500 detonators and Rs.12 lakh in cash, the government said.

Searches covered Aizawl, Champhai and the Indo-Myanmar border trading town of Zokhawthar in Mizoram, as well as Churachandpur in Manipur and the Cachar transit corridor in Assam.

The network

The NCB said the raids followed backward and forward linkage probes by t...