CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Drug trafficking through sea routes in the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal, estimated to account for around 70% of the total illegal drugs smuggled into India, poses a major challenge for law enforcement agencies, according to the latest annual report of the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB).

Detailed explanation-2: -India’s North-East shares porous, semi-mountainous and densely forested border with Myanmar, which is one of the constituent countries of the infamous “Golden Triangle”. This proximity to Myanmar’s poppy cultivation regions has led to development of drug corridors in states like Manipur, Mizoram and Nagaland.

Detailed explanation-3: -The ‘Golden Triangle’ is situated in South-East Asia and comprises parts of Myanmar, Thailand, the Lao People’s Democratic Republic and Vietnam.

Detailed explanation-4: -Under the NDPS Act, it is illegal for a person to produce/manufacture/cultivate, possess, sell, purchase, transport, store, and/or consume any narcotic drug or psychotropic substance. Under one of the provisions of the act, the Narcotics Control Bureau was set up with effect from March 1986.