ED arrests four more accused, including Myanmar national, in cross-border drug network

The Enforcement Directorate has arrested four more accused, including a Myanmar citizen, in connection with an international cross-border “narco-hawala” network, following a recent multi-agency crackdown on the network. The agency has uncovered financial records purportedly showing that drug suppliers in Myanmar were also paid in kind.

Editorial | Small fish: On Operation Trident

As part of Operation Trident, simultaneous raids were earlier carried out at 38 locations across Assam, Mizoram, and Manipur, leading to the arrest of 18 accused persons and detection of ₹100 crore in “hawala” transactions on October 23.

In the latest arrests by the ED, the agency took into custody Myanmar national Thangcintuang alias Chintuang; Lalrammuana of Champhai district in Mizoram, Jabrul Haque from Sribhumi and Abu Saleh Md Saif Uddin from Karimganj in Assam. They were lodged in jail in connection with cases registered by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB). The ED produced them before a local court and secured their 48-hour custody for interrogation.