
Indian intelligence agencies perceive Rohingya networks as a self-sustaining security threat, integrating illegal migration, narcotics, and militancy. Methamphetamine trade from Myanmar, valued at billions annually, is identified as the primary financial engine, with Cox's Bazar serving as a key transit hub. Agencies report that drug revenues are diverted to support militant logistics, blurring lines between crime and terrorism. Trafficking routes deliberately overlap with drug corridors, mixing migrants, drug carriers, and militants to evade interception, with significant fees charged for illegal entry into India.
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