New Delhi: Operation Trident against a cross-border narcotics network led to 18 arrests and the freezing of 1,424 bank accounts following action at 38 locations in Assam, Mizoram and Manipur on October 23, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Sunday, October 25.
Shah said the operation revealed hawala transactions worth ₹100 crore involving a cross-border network spanning India, Myanmar and Bangladesh. Central agencies and police from the three states carried out the action, he said.
Properties attached; detonators and cash seized
According to Shah, properties worth ₹17.82 crore were attached, while 500 detonators and ₹12 lakh in cash were seized during the operation.
