The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has achieved a major breakthrough against transnational drug trafficking networks operating along the India-Myanmar border with the arrest of Myanmar-based Kingpin Thancintuang from Delhi. In a statement the NCB said, the arrest was made following extensive surveillance, intelligence development, coordinated interstate coordination, and sustained follow-up operations.

Thancintuang was wanted in multiple Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act cases registered by NCB and several Drug Law Enforcement Agencies, including two cases registered by NCB. The Bureau added that he is the prime accused in a 2024 NCB Case involving seizure of 14 kilograms Methamphetamine and 2.8 kilograms Heroin near Dulte, Khawzawl and in a 2025 NCB case involving seizure of 49.1 kilograms Methamphetamine at Aizawl.

The Bureau added that investigations revealed his extensive involvement in organizing cross-border trafficking networks routing narcotic consignments through Mizoram, Manipur, Assam, and Tripura into various parts of India and Bangladesh. NCB further said that during the investigation, several members of the syndicate and close associates of Chintuang were identified and apprehended.