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NCB's Operation Trident targets narcotics in the Northeast
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Carriers caught, organisers free: the NDPS Act 1985 gap behind NCB's Operation Trident for GS3
NCB's Operation Trident across Assam, Mizoram, Manipur under NDPS Act.
Why it matters: general awareness
What you need to know
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The Narcotics Control Bureau, which functions under the Ministry of Home Affairs, ran Operation Trident across Assam, Mizoram and Manipur under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985.
Commentators note that carriers are caught while the real organisers remain at large.
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- Operation Trident: NCB action across Assam, Mizoram and Manipur under the NDPS Act, 1985.
- The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) functions under the Ministry of Home Affairs.
- NCB was set up in 1986 under the NDPS Act as the nodal agency for drug law enforcement and coordination.
- The Northeast borders Myanmar, near the Golden Triangle (Myanmar-Laos-Thailand) opium and synthetic drug region.
- Critics note that carriers are arrested while the real organisers of the trade remain at large.
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How the exam will ask it
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- The Narcotics Control Bureau is the national nodal agency under the Ministry of Home Affairs for combating drug trafficking under the NDPS Act, 1985.
- The Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 prohibits the production, possession, sale, transport and consumption of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances except for medical or scientific purposes.
- The Golden Triangle covers Myanmar, Laos and Thailand, while the Golden Crescent covers Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iran.
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GS3 Internal security: the Northeast's porous border with Myanmar makes it a transit and production corridor for narcotics, and the NDPS Act, 1985 with NCB-led operations like Trident is the enforcement response. Enforcement tends to catch carriers while financiers and organisers escape, so the way forward is financial tracing and asset forfeiture against kingpins, border management and inter-agency and cross-border coordination, plus treatment and rehabilitation for users.
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