Nagaland Police have busted one of the biggest drug networks operating in Nagaland and other parts of Northeastern states, said the state police chief Rupin Sharma on Wednesday. Over one year, this network trafficked 60 kgs of heroin valued at around 400 crores rupees, he added. Sharma was addressing the media at the Police Headquarters here relating to the 'war on drugs'.

Informing that a case was registered in Zubza Police Station under Kohima DEF on November 13, where two persons from Manipur were caught trafficking drugs, he said that within one month the police had successfully nabbed twelve persons in similar cases who were involved in illicit trafficking of narcotic drugs in the state.