Union Home Minister Amit Shah used the R N Kao Memorial Lecture to press for a unified global crackdown on narcotics, warning that fragmented international responses let drug cartels exploit legal gaps. Speaking to diplomats from 40-plus countries, he called for synchronized laws, standardized punishments, real-time intelligence sharing, and seamless extradition of transnational kingpins. Shah linked drug trafficking to terrorist funding, organized crime, and lasting harm to human health, saying the world must act before damage becomes irreversible within a decade.
Jammu and Kashmir Police have intensified anti-narco-terrorism operations, bulldozing alleged traffickers’ homes, uprooting opium fields, and stripping offenders. Officials say the campaign targets drug networks that allegedly bankroll terrorism through cross-border links. The crackdown is framed as both disrupting supply chains and cutting off financing, with police expanding actions beyond raids to seize the infrastructure and crops tied to trafficking.
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