Nearly five months since ethnic clashes began in Manipur, some early signs tell of delicate normalcy. Amid this, the Manipur government has sharpened its task force to deal with drug trafficking and narcotics.
Regional methamphetamine seizures dropped slightly in 2022, according to the U.N., but other indicators suggest that the supply “has remained very high or unchanged.”
The country’s law enforcement operations have done little to shrink the narcotics trade amid a pandemic-related supply glut and instability in Myanmar.
The country’s four largest meth seizures on record have come over the past 15 months – striking evidence of the scale of the recent Mekong drug production boom.