Myanmar replaces Afghanistan as key opium source, impact seen on India’s eastern border: NCB

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Myanmar has overtaken Afghanistan as the primary source of opium affecting India’s eastern border, with expanded Golden Triangle drug trafficking contributing to meth and opiate flow into northeastern Indian states, alongside increasing drone-based trafficking concerns from Pakistan.

Myanmar’s Golden Triangle has expanded as an opiate supplier and meth hub, with the drugs then flowing across a porous border into Manipur, Mizoram, and Nagaland; drone-based drug trafficking from Pakistan is also a rising concern