Pakistan Pumping Drugs Into Jammu & Kashmir To Finance Terror Activities news18.com

The majority of the drugs being pumped into Jammu and Kashmir came from Pakistan to finance terror activities, Director General of Police (DGP) Dilbag Singh said on Wednesday, asserting that police were working to block the supply chain to rid the region of the menace. He said the drug menace in Jammu and Kashmir had increased manifold compared to the previous years, which was evident from the seizure of a huge quantity of narcotic substances and arrest of drug peddlers.

“It is a big conspiracy of Pakistan as a majority of the drugs are coming from there… An investigation into some cases indicates the money generated from drug smuggling is being utilized to finance militancy,” the DGP told reporters on the sidelines of a function at the drug de-addiction center in the police lines here.

Singh, who released a pamphlet to educate youngsters against the use of drugs, said the police were working tirelessly to wipe out the growing threat. “So far, 340 people (drug peddlers) have been arrested against a total of 350 last year, while the (drug) licenses of eight shops were canceled and 12 more persons were detained under the Public Safety Act,” he said, adding police had also seized a huge quantity of narcotics this year.

“Police is working to block the supply chain, whether it comes from Kashmir or the border districts of Rajouri and Poonch and elsewhere… There are some cases where the drugs were supplied from Kashmir and the investigating team was successful in identifying the route and the supposed destination, whether in Punjab or Delhi, leading to a huge recovery of narcotics,” the officer said.

Seeking people’s cooperation to wipe out the threat from the society, he said the drug menace had increased manifold compared to the previous years. “We have opened this center in 2013 and over the years, it has expanded, generating the faith and trust of people, especially those addicted to drugs,” the DGP said. He added the number of people coming to the center was increasing with every passing day.