Hyderabad, May 18 (IANS) Three drug traffickers were arrested, and 39.470 kg of Alprazolam was seized, along with Rs 85.36 lakh cash, in Telangana’s Siddipet, the NCB said on Monday.
Investigation revealed that the seized Alprazolam was being clandestinely manufactured at an illegal laboratory in Prashant Nagar, Hyderabad, by the arrested supplier, an MSc in Chemistry, an official said in a statement on X.
In a separate case, the NCB earlier arrested a key Myanmar-based drug trafficker, Thancintuang alias Chintuang alias Tluanga. He was allegedly operating as a major supplier of methamphetamine tablets and heroin smuggled from Myanmar into India through the Northeast region.
According to the NCB, the arrest followed extensive surveillance, intelligence gathering, interstate coordination, and sustained follow-up operations carried out by the central anti-narcotics agency.
The agency, in a statement, said Chintuang had emerged as one of the most significant traffickers operating along the Myanmar-Mizoram-Manipur-Assam-Tripura corridor and was a major international supplier of methamphetamine and heroin.
Investigations revealed that he allegedly organised cross-border trafficking networks routing narcotic consignments through Mizoram, Manipur, Assam, and Tripura to different parts of India and Bangladesh.
The NCB said that Chintuang was wanted in multiple cases registered under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act by the NCB and other Drug Law Enforcement Agencies (DLEAs), including two cases registered by the NCB itself.
He was also accused in two NDPS cases registered by Champhai Police in Mizoram in 2025 relating to the trafficking of methamphetamine and heroin.
The agency further stated that Chintuang’s arrest marks the second major Myanmar-based drug supplier apprehended by the NCB in 2026. According to official data, the NCB registered 48 NDPS cases in the Northeast region during 2025, leading to the arrest of 116 drug traffickers and seizure of narcotics valued at around Rs 665 crore in the illicit market.
So far in 2026, the agency has registered 31 NDPS cases and arrested 54 traffickers during enforcement operations across the region.
–IANS
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