Imphal, Sept. 19 -- A combined law enforcement and social welfare operation has dismantled an inter-state human trafficking syndicate operating between Manipur and New Delhi, following the extradition and remand of a key suspect.

Police arrested Ningombam Ronaldo, 27, a resident of Imphal West district, in Ghitorni, New Delhi, on September 16 and produced him before the Judicial Magistrate First Class, Imphal East, on September 18, where he was remanded to police custody until September 21.

The crackdown was initiated after a September 9 complaint filed at the Imphal East Women Police Station regarding the suspected trafficking of six young women from the Keibi area in Imphal East district.

A subsequent raid on September 10 at a reside...