The Union Home Ministry informed the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday that the nexus between the illegal trade in narcotics and terrorist activities is examined case-wise, and in Manipur, since 2018, four cases had been reported to the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), in which five “Indians” were arrested with narcotic substances along with arms and ammunition.
This was stated in response to a question on “whether there is a nexus among narcotics business and terrorist activities in the State and is it one of the factors fuelling the present state of affairs [of violence]”.
From 2018 to May 31 this year, 1,897 cases related to narcotics were registered in Manipur, in which 2,622 persons were arrested.
