In a significant development for India's Northeast, which continues to grapple with cross-border narcotics trafficking from the Golden Triangle, BRICS nations on Tuesday adopted the Guwahati Declaration, pledging stronger cooperation to combat illicit drug trafficking and transnational organised crime.
In a swift, intelligence-led operation near the India–Myanmar border, the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), in coordination with the Assam Rifles, dismantled a major international drug trafficking network, seizing 7.312 kg of high-grade heroin.
Meghalaya police have cautioned people against the recent courier scam, where fraudsters are impersonating as representatives of courier services like FedEx and reaching out to individuals, falsely claiming that the parcels addressed to them contain illegal substances.
