Narcotics Bureau cracks major India-Myanmar drug syndicate; key Myanmar-based kingpin Chintuang arrested Guwahati: Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has cracked a major transnational drug trafficking network operating along the India-Myanmar border with the arrest of a key Myanmar-based kingpin who emerged as a major cross-border supplier of methamphetamine and heroin, officials said on Sunday.The arrest was…
GUWAHATI: The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has arrested the kingpin of one of the biggest transnational drug trafficking networks operating along the India-Myanmar border. In a statement on Sunday (May 17, 2026), the NCB said Thachintuang, also known as Chintuang and Tluanga, was caught in Delhi recently following extensive surveillance, intelligence gathering, interstate coordination, and…
NEW DELHI: Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has busted a major international drug trafficking network and seized captagon, a highly addictive psychotropic substance used by Islamic State operatives in West Asia, which gave it the name, ‘jihadi drug’. This is India’s first-ever seizure of captagon.The mega operation resulted in the arrest of a Syrian national, Alabras…
Chennai: In the second major crackdown in two weeks, Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), in co-ordination with the Telangana police, busted another attempt to smuggle 465kg ganja worth 2.32 crore from Odisha to Tamil Nadu and arrested two key operatives.NCB sleuths of Chennai zone intercepted a container truck at Nallur plaza in Tiruvallur on Tuesday. The…
