Rs 100-crore hawala trail exposed as Op Trident hits drug cartel in northeast states
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The operation led to dozens of arrests, froze thousands of bank accounts and uncovered a Rs 100‑crore illegal money‑transfer network tied to drug trafficking, indicating a major blow to organized crime in India's northeast.
Operation Trident targeted 38 locations across Assam, Mizoram and Manipur, leading to 18 arrests, the freezing of 1,424 bank accounts and the attachment of properties worth Rs 17.82 crore. The multi-agency crackdown also uncovered a Rs 100 crore hawala trail linked to a transnational drug traffickin...
Operation Trident is a multi‑agency law‑enforcement effort targeting drug trafficking and related financial crimes; hawala refers to informal money‑transfer systems often used to move illicit funds across borders.
- •Follow‑up court cases against the arrested individuals
- •Further asset seizures as investigations continue
- •Potential expansion of anti‑drug operations in the northeast region