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Imphal: The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) arrested a key Myanmar-based drug kingpin, identified as Thancintuang alias Chintuang, in Delhi following extensive cross-border surveillance, officials said.
Chintuang was a major supplier of methamphetamine and heroin across the Myanmar–Mizoram–Manipur–Assam–Tripura–Bangladesh corridor.
The sprawling network, handling an estimated Rs 115 crore in illicit drugs, used local facilitators and hawala channels to move consignments.
The NCB also apprehended several key associates, including hawala operator Lalrampari and logistics coordinators, and froze multiple bank accounts and assets.
The primary accused, Chintuang, operated a large cross-border methamphetamine and heroin smuggling network valued at Rs 115 crore.
The operation, which involved extensive interstate and financial investigations, also led to the arrest of several facilitators and hawala operators.
According to the NCB, the crackdown is part of a wider sustained effort that has seen 31 NDPS cases registered and 54 traffickers arrested in the northeastern region in 2026 alone.
A joint financial and operational crackdown by the NCB and the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has dismantled a Rs 115 crore transnational drug cartel.
Spearheaded by Myanmar national Thancintuang, the syndicate relied on a complex web of transport coordinators and hawala operators, with nearly Rs 100 crore in illicit transactions identified.
Authorities have frozen multiple bank accounts and properties, marking a major shift towards dismantling entire trafficking networks rather than just seizing consignments.