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NE states declare war on drugs as illicit trade booms on Myanmar border

By IANS | Updated: April 24, 2022 09:50 IST

Agartala, April 24 The northeastern states of India may have tamed the decades old insurgencies but now the ...

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Agartala, April 24 The northeastern states of India may have tamed the decades old insurgencies but now the state governments in the region have had to launch a war against the rampant illegal drug trade, which flourished after the 1,643 km long India-Myanmar unfenced international borders turned into a hub of cross-border smuggling.

Besides various harmful drugs, especially heroin, highly-addictive methamphetamine tablets, also commonly known as 'Yaba', poppy seeds, opium, ganja

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