The smuggling of drugs from across the Pakistan and Bangladesh border has emerged as a major problem in Bharat. The Ministry of Home Affairs has been preparing to fight the same with advanced technology.
With an increase in such cases in the last few years, the BSF has seized drugs in large quantities in the last three years. In 2019, 12,542.566 kg of drugs were recovered, and 12,492.439 kg was recovered in 2020, while 2021 saw a major increase with a recovery of 20,118.950 kg.
The smuggling of drugs across international borders is viewed as a serious threat to national security. The agencies have detected that the methods used in the smuggling of drugs are also being used in arms smuggling and terrorist infiltration.
Along with this, they have procured evidence of nexus between the smugglers and anti-national groups, revealing that the profits from the sale of narcotics are being used for terror operations. Home Minister Amit Shah had recently acknowledged terror financing with drug money as a serious threat.
The Centre has prepared plans on many fronts and taken strict steps to protect the country’s borders from drug trafficking. For this, BSF, Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) and Assam Rifles (AR) have been given additional powers for seizing drugs under the Narcotics Act. Detailed mapping along the border has been done to strengthen the monitoring by deploying specialised surveillance equipment in sensitive areas.
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) apprised that advanced...
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