Archive · 24 Nov 2025
Northeast India's Rs 100 Cr Drug Seizure: 12 Arrested, Myanmar Nexus Exposed
Police in Northeast India found and took away drugs worth Rs 100 crore (about $13 million) in one week.
They caught 12 people selling these drugs, including some from Myanmar.
They found different types of drugs like methamphetamine, heroin, and cocaine.
They also found a big group of people working together to sell drugs, even from another country called Pakistan.
Mizoram Police found a lot of methamphetamine and heroin too.
The government is trying to stop these drugs from coming into the country.
Law enforcement agencies seized drugs worth Rs 100 crore in Northeast India over a week.
12 peddlers arrested, including four Myanmar nationals, in joint operations across Mizoram, Tripura, Manipur, and Assam.
Seized drugs include methamphetamine tablets, heroin, cocaine, dry ganja, and foreign-origin cigarettes.
International drug syndicate with links to Pakistan busted in Tripura, 800 grams of high-grade cocaine recovered.
Mizoram Police seized Rs 41.64 crore worth of methamphetamine tablets and heroin in separate operations.
- Who
- Law enforcement agencies including Assam Rifles, BSF, DRI, Excise and Narcotics Departments, and police forces in Northeast India
- What
- Seized drugs worth Rs 100 crore and arrested 12 peddlers
- When
- Over the past week, with major operations on November 17, 19, and 20
- Where
- Mizoram, Tripura, Manipur, Assam, and the India-Myanmar border
- Why
- To crack down on narcotics smuggling and drug trafficking in the region
Law Enforcement Agencies
Drug Traffickers
Drug Seizure and Arrests
Law Enforcement Agencies
Agencies seized drugs worth Rs 100 crore and arrested 12 peddlers, including four Myanmar nationals.
Drug Traffickers
Traffickers lost a significant amount of drugs and several members of their network were arrested.
International Nexus
Law Enforcement Agencies
Agencies busted an international drug syndicate with links to Pakistan in Tripura.
Drug Traffickers
Traffickers' international network was exposed, potentially disrupting their operations.
- Total drug value seized
- Rs 100 crore
- Number of arrests
- 12
- Drugs seized
- Methamphetamine tablets, heroin, cocaine, dry ganja, foreign-origin cigarettes
- Main drug hub
- Myanmar's Chin State
- Length of unfenced border with Myanmar
- 510 km
