NCB Arrests Myanmar Drug Kingpin in Delhi, Busts ₹115 Crore Cross-Border Network

The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has arrested a key Myanmar-based drug trafficker, identified as Thancintuang alias Chintuang/Tluanga , in Delhi following extensive surveillance and coordinated interstate operations, officials said on Sunday.

The accused is alleged to be a major supplier of methamphetamine and heroin operating across the India–Myanmar border and is considered a central figure in a sprawling transnational narcotics network spanning Mizoram, Manipur, Assam, Tripura and Bangladesh.

According to the NCB, the arrest was the result of sustained intelligence development and coordinated action across multiple states. Chintuang is linked to trafficking networks valued at around ₹115 crore and is wanted in multiple cases under the NDPS Act , including investigations by Mizoram Police and the Mizoram Excise and Narcotics Department.

He was the prime accused in two major NCB Agartala zone cases involving seizures of 14 kg heroin and methamphetamine (2024) and 49.1 kg methamphetamine tablets (2025) . Investigators have also identified his associates and temporarily frozen several bank accounts linked to the syndicate.

Officials said the network relied on cross-border routes, local facilitators, transporters and hawala channels to move drugs into India and Bangladesh. The accused is linked to at least seven NDPS cases across the Myanmar–North East corridor.

The NCB noted that the Golden Triangle region (Myanmar–Laos–Thailand) continues to fuel narcotics inflows into Northeast India, with porous borders making the region a key transit hub for synthetic drugs like methamphetamine.

Since 2025, the agency has intensified a network-centric crackdown strategy , registering 48 NDPS cases in the Northeast last year and 31 so far in 2026.