Aizawl, Oct. 27 -- At least 18 people have been arrested and properties worth Rs 17.82 crore provisionally attached in a multi-agency crackdown on suspected inter-state drug trafficking and associated financial networks across Mizoram, Assam and Manipur, Mizoram Home Minister K. Sapdanga said on Monday.

The coordinated operation, codenamed Operation Trident, was conducted on October 23 by the Mizoram Police, Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) and Directorate of Enforcement (ED). A total of 38 joint teams searched 38 locations in Aizawl, Champhai and Lawngtlai in Mizoram, Churachandpur in Manipur and Guwahati in Assam, Sapdanga told reporters.

The operation also resulted in the freezing of 1,424 bank accounts allegedly linked to narcotics tr...