Mizoram, the 23rd State of the Indian Union has 284 km long inter-state border; and shares two long international borders, one with Myanmar (404 Kms) and with Bangladesh (318 Kms.). Being adjacent to the “Golden Triangle” Mizoram is one of the drug trafficking routes from the Golden Triangle to India and elsewhere. The proximity with Myanmar, through which narcotics from the infamous Golden Triangle are smuggled, also makes Mizoram a target for Narco-terrorists who combine drug trafficking and gun running.
Perched on the hills of the North eastern region and flanked by Bangladesh on the West and Myanmar on the East and South, Mizoram occupies an important strategic position, having a long international boundary of 722 kms. The 20 kms of free movement zone on both sides of Mizoram and Myanmar has aggravated the problem. Presently the drug traffickers of Golden Triangle regard the routes of Mandalay-Thand-Tiddim-Aizawl-Silchar as safe conduits to the prospective national and international markets.


Most of the drugs being smuggled across Indo-Myanmar border are Heroin (Diacetylmorphine), Ganja, Opium and different kinds of amphetamines.