India, Myanmar Pledge Enhanced Coordination to Counter Transnational Drug Trade

India and Myanmar held the 8th Bilateral Meeting on Drug Control Cooperation in New Delhi today. Director General of Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), Anurag Garg led the Indian delegation while the Myanmar delegation was led by the Joint secretary of Central Committee for Drug Abuse Control, Myanmar Thant Lwin Maung. In a social media post, NCB said that during the meeting both sides reviewed the evolving drug trafficking scenario in the region and discussed enhanced cooperation in intelligence sharing, coordinated operations, tackling synthetic drugs, darknet-enabled trafficking, and illicit opium cultivation. Deliberations also reaffirmed the shared commitment of both nations to strengthen bilateral cooperation against transnational drug trafficking and organized crime.