Guwahati, July 6 -- The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has shifted its focus from arresting drug couriers to targeting the kingpins behind transnational narcotics networks, Director General Anurag Garg said on Monday.

Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of the BRICS Heads of Anti-Drug Agencies Meeting in Guwahati, Garg said the bureau had identified several key figures involved in cross-border drug trafficking and was working to bring them to justice.

"We are aware of the problem and are addressing it in a multi-phased manner," he said, referring to narcotics trafficked into India through the Northeast.

Garg said Myanmar continued to be a source of methamphetamine and heroin entering India, a trend reflected in the NCB's annual repo...