India’s Battle Against Drugs | Is A New Golden Triangle Emerging? Northeast Caught In Expanding Drug Syndicate’s Web

Dispur: After Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma’s shocking statistics about the state’s drugs seizures worth Rs 2,919 crore and more than 23,000 arrests recorded in five years, recent heroin and opium recoveries near Guwahati point to India’s Northeastern states increasingly emerging as a critical corridor for international drug trafficking. Similar concerns were also raised by former Manipur Chief Minister N. Biren Singh over attempts to shift drug trafficking networks towards Manipur. The figures have...