Government: North-east cartels shifting towards synthetic drugs

TNN / Jul 30, 2026, 03:37 IST

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According to the government, traffickers were exploiting porous stretches of the Indo-Myanmar border, forest routes and hilly terrain

NEW DELHI: Drug syndicates active in the northeast are shifting towards synthetic drugs and increasingly using social media and encrypted communication apps to coordinate cross-border smuggling, government informed Rajya Sabha on Wednesday.