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Drugs With Pak Marks Find in Uri

The scrutiny of the two recovered bags revealed approximately 25 to 30 kilograms of drug-like substance in packages with Pakistani markings….reports Asian Lite News

The Jammu and Kashmir Police said on Sunday that a major drug smuggling bid was foiled by the security forces in the Uri sector in which drugs with Pakistani markings were recovered.

“On 2nd October, alert Indian troops deployed along Line of Control (LOC) in Uri sector observed some suspicious movement.

“During searches of the area, two bags were recovered. The bags contained a large amount of contraband-like material. The scrutiny of the two bags revealed approximately 25 to 30 kilograms of drug-like substance in packages with Pakistani markings.

“The exact nature of the heroine-like substance is being ascertained.

“The value of the suspected contraband is around Rs 20 to 25 crores in the black market.

“The legal proceedings have been initiated after the recovered contraband was handed over to concerned police.

“Case FIR no 101 of police station Uri has been registered under relevant sections of law,” the police said.

“The huge drug haul along the LoC showcases the nefarious designs of Pakistan based narco-militant nexus and its inimical intent to abet militancy and finance militancy in India.

“This drug haul in the Uri sector comes just days after one Pakistani origin militant was neutralised and another namely Ali Babar, resident of Okara, Pakistan captured alive in this sector in an extended search operation culminating on September 28, 2021”, police said.

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Cross border narco-terrorism on the rise in J&K

Intelligence agencies believe that all cross LoC and cross international border smuggling rackets in J&K are directly linked to financing and sustaining terrorism from across the border….reports Sheikh Qayoom

Narco terrorism is becoming a major challenge for the security forces as the smuggling of narcotics in over 95 per cent cases has been linked directly with financing of various terrorist organisations in Jammu and Kashmir.

Intelligence agencies believe that all cross LoC and cross international border smuggling rackets in J&K are directly linked to financing and sustaining terrorism from across the border.

“In over 95 per cent narcotics smuggling cases, we have been able to establish a direct link from across the border to fund terrorism in J&K.

“What once used to be an individual over adventurism to become rich overnight has now become a cartel operation primarily run by agencies supporting and sustaining terrorist activities here,” said a senior intelligence officer.

Soldiers in Jammu and Kashmir. (Photo IANS)

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The arrests of smuggling kingpins from Bihar and Punjab whose direct connections with the cross border narcotics traders have established the interstate dimension of this underground trade.

Security officials argue that an interstate kingpin of narcotics smuggling cannot be imagined to be getting involved in the racket without knowing the end use of the funds so generated.

“Wouldn’t the interstate sponsor of narcotic trade know the origin of his consignment? If he knows the origin of such consignments then he also knows the end use of the funds generated therefrom,” said a senior security force official.

Accepting the seriousness and the resultant damage narco terrorism has been doing to peace and tranquility in J&K, DGP, Dilbag Singh took a high level meeting in Jammu on July 19 to check narco-trafficking since it is used to fund various terrorist groups in J&K.

“DGP Jammu and Kashmir Dilbag Singh chairs high level joint security meeting; reviews security situation #Jammu zone. Directs officers to give special focus on measures to check narco-trafficking as it being used to fund terrier groups,” J&K police said on its official twitter handle.

The special areas of focus for curbing cross border narcotics smuggling are the LoC in Kupwara district of Kashmir and the Jammu-Samba-Kathua arch of Athe international border in Jammu division, said an senior police officer.

It is estimated that during the last two years, the security forces, ‘especially the local police’, have been able to seize narcotic consignments costing over 500 crore in the international market.

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