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Imphal: Manipur Police and the Narcotics Control Bureau caught a Myanmar-based drug kingpin, Nengzatuan, also known as Tuanpi, on July 22. The arrest took place at Hotel Venus in Churachandpur. Nengzatuan lives in Haichin, Chin State. The accused serves as a principal international supplier. He controls a trafficking network smuggling methamphetamine and heroin into India and Bangladesh through Manipur, Mizoram, Assam, and Tripura.
Nengzatuan faces multiple charges under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act. He is the main suspect in three NCB cases involving 28.22 kg of methamphetamine and 1.278 kg of heroin, valued at over ₹25 crore. He also appears in seven additional cases registered by Churachandpur Police, Singngat Police, and the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence. The NCB has linked his network to over ₹53 crore in seized contraband and crime proceeds.
Intelligence officials state the syndicate relies on human couriers and complex supply chains. "With conventional routes under constant surveillance, traffickers have increasingly shifted to forested and riverine areas where monitoring is far more challenging," an official said. The NCB has systematically dismantled parts of this network over several months. Previous arrests include Abdullah Ahmed of Silchar, Lalthlamuong Pulamte of Churachandpur, Nengultinkhum Hrangngul of Pherzawl, Paominlen Munlo of Churachandpur, Lalhmingsanga, and Thancintuang alias Tluanga.
In a related operation, security forces arrested three people at Mantripukhri Bazar for possessing 3.66 kg of opium. They are Anil Das, 75, Roshan Basnet, 48, and Goma Karki, 33. In the Songja Khopi area of Churachandpur, police arrested Tinnei Thadou, 52, with 1.6 kg of brown sugar. Separately, police patrolling between Parbung and Lungthulien in Pherzawl found an abandoned bag containing 328 grams of brown sugar after a suspect fled into the forest. Enforcement agencies continue to monitor these remote corridors to break the regional supply chain.
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