Overview
- The NCB said Sunday it had arrested Thancintuang, also known as Chintuang and Tluanga, in Delhi after weeks of surveillance and interstate coordination.
- Investigators identify him as a major Myanmar-based supplier on the Myanmar–Mizoram–Manipur–Assam–Tripura corridor moving methamphetamine and heroin into India and Bangladesh.
- He is the prime accused in two Agartala Zone cases tied to big seizures, including 14 kg of meth and 2.8 kg of heroin in 2024 and 49.1 kg of meth tablets in 2025.
- Financial investigations found nearly Rs 100 crore in hawala flows, prompting freezes of bank accounts and properties and a referral to the Enforcement Directorate.
- Since 2025, the agency has shifted to network-focused probes in the Northeast, recording 48 NDPS cases in 2025 and 31 so far in 2026 with dozens of arrests.