AIZAWL: Amid the unabated smuggling of various drugs from Myanmar, the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has proposed setting up its zonal office in the northeastern state, officials said on Wednesday. A Mizoram government official said that the NCB Director General Anurag Garg met Mizoram Chief Minister Lalduhoma and suggested the setting up of a full-fledged NCB zonal office in the state and emphasised the need for more staff and officials who are acquainted with the local language and the ground situation of the state.
Lalduhoma, a former IPS officer, during the meeting with Garg, discussed ways and means to curb the drug trade and usage of narcotics by the youth.
He requested the NCB DG to submit a written proposal about the setting up of the NCB zonal office and the specific needs of the proposed office.
The official said that the chief minister highlighted the urgent need for strengthening infrastructure, security and other concerned manpower along the India-Myanmar border to efficiently curb drug trafficking from South-Asian countries. (IANS)
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