PoliticsPhoto: Hindustan TimesAmit Shah Announces Major Drug Cartel Bust in Northeast India
Union Home Minister Amit Shah announced the arrest of 18 people in a coordinated anti-drug operation across 38 locations in Assam, Mizoram, and Manipur on October 23 under Operation Trident. The crackdown targeted an international drug trafficking network along the India-Myanmar-Bangladesh borders, uncovering ₹100 crore in hawala transactions, freezing 1,424 bank accounts, seizing 500 detonators, and attaching properties worth ₹17.82 crore. The government aims to eliminate drug trafficking by 2029.
Hindustan Times·



