Guwahati, Oct. 25 -- A five-storey commercial building in Champhai, a homemaker's bank account that allegedly received crores of rupees despite her family's modest income, and a Mini-ATM counter in Manipur that processed thousands of transactions have emerged as key elements of an alleged cross-border narcotics and hawala network uncovered by the Enforcement Directorate (ED).

The agency's investigation has traced an alleged financial chain supporting the trafficking of heroin, brown sugar and methamphetamine tablets from Myanmar. According to the ED, the network connected border towns in Mizoram and Manipur with major Indian cities, including Delhi, Kolkata and Mumbai.

The ED has arrested six people, frozen 1,424 bank accounts and provi...