Narco-terrorism

Union Home Minister Amit Shah told the Lok Sabha on Wednesday that India has urged Interpol to create a real-time information system on the nexus of narcotics and terrorism.

Issues like continued threats of terrorism and global terror groups, terror financing, narco-terrorism, organised crime-terror nexus, illicit use of cyberspace and movement of foreign terrorist fighters are expected to be discussed in the meeting.

The development came two days after the arrest of two operatives identified as Veeja Singh alias Gagan alias Gaggu and Ranjodh Singh alias Jyoti of this module from the Chamkaur Sahib area.

Punjab police on Tuesday claimed to have busted an ISI-backed narco-terrorism module by arresting its main operative and recovering arms and explosives from his possession.

In order to target youths and channelling finance for Pakistan-backed terror activities, Islamabad is using narco-terrorism as a new weapon in its proxy war against India in the Kashmir valley.

A narco-terror module was on Saturday busted in Baramulla district of Jammu and Kashmir and two people were arrested while contraband worth Rs 18 crore was seized, police said.

A man allegedly involved in smuggling 530 kg of heroin worth around Rs 2,500 crore into the country via sea route from Pakistan on different occasions was arrested by the Gujarat ATS at the Delhi airport on Thursday, officials said.

The police have busted a narco-terror module in Jammu and Kashmir's Baramulla district and arrested 10 people with a huge quantity of heroin, worth Rs 45 crore, along with arms and ammunition, officials said on Saturday.

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) filed a supplementary charge sheet in a Gujarat court on Monday against truck operator Indresh Kumar Nishad in a narco-terrorism case, the agency said in a statement.

The Army said on Wednesday that it foiled an attempt to smuggle narcotics into J&K's Tangdhar sector from Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir and seized drugs worth around Rs 50 crore.

The NIA on Monday arrested four drug traffickers in Kashmir for their alleged involvement in smuggling heroin in huge quantities from Pakistan and supplying it in Jammu and Kashmir and other parts of the country, an official said.

The Punjab Police on Wednesday claimed to have busted an international narco-terror racket with links to proscribed terrorist group Khalistan Liberation Force with the arrest of a wanted drug smuggler and a constable.

A narco-terror module was busted on Sunday in Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara district with the arrest of three persons and seizure of 10 kgs of brown sugar along with arms and ammunition, police said.

Jammu and Kashmir's Handwara Police today busted a huge Pakistan-sponsored narco-terror module in which three terrorists of the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) were arrested.

The National Investigation Agency on Friday filed a chargesheet against 10 people, including one Pakistan-based and one Dubai-based accused, for their alleged involvement in a cross-border narco-terror network to further terrorist activities of the outlawed Khalistan Liberation Force (KLF), an official said.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah told the Lok Sabha on Wednesday that India has urged Interpol to create a real-time information system on the nexus of narcotics and terrorism.

Issues like continued threats of terrorism and global terror groups, terror financing, narco-terrorism, organised crime-terror nexus, illicit use of cyberspace and movement of foreign terrorist fighters are expected to be discussed in the meeting.

The development came two days after the arrest of two operatives identified as Veeja Singh alias Gagan alias Gaggu and Ranjodh Singh alias Jyoti of this module from the Chamkaur Sahib area.

Punjab police on Tuesday claimed to have busted an ISI-backed narco-terrorism module by arresting its main operative and recovering arms and explosives from his possession.

In order to target youths and channelling finance for Pakistan-backed terror activities, Islamabad is using narco-terrorism as a new weapon in its proxy war against India in the Kashmir valley.

A narco-terror module was on Saturday busted in Baramulla district of Jammu and Kashmir and two people were arrested while contraband worth Rs 18 crore was seized, police said.

A man allegedly involved in smuggling 530 kg of heroin worth around Rs 2,500 crore into the country via sea route from Pakistan on different occasions was arrested by the Gujarat ATS at the Delhi airport on Thursday, officials said.

The police have busted a narco-terror module in Jammu and Kashmir's Baramulla district and arrested 10 people with a huge quantity of heroin, worth Rs 45 crore, along with arms and ammunition, officials said on Saturday.

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) filed a supplementary charge sheet in a Gujarat court on Monday against truck operator Indresh Kumar Nishad in a narco-terrorism case, the agency said in a statement.

The Army said on Wednesday that it foiled an attempt to smuggle narcotics into J&K's Tangdhar sector from Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir and seized drugs worth around Rs 50 crore.

The NIA on Monday arrested four drug traffickers in Kashmir for their alleged involvement in smuggling heroin in huge quantities from Pakistan and supplying it in Jammu and Kashmir and other parts of the country, an official said.

The Punjab Police on Wednesday claimed to have busted an international narco-terror racket with links to proscribed terrorist group Khalistan Liberation Force with the arrest of a wanted drug smuggler and a constable.

A narco-terror module was busted on Sunday in Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara district with the arrest of three persons and seizure of 10 kgs of brown sugar along with arms and ammunition, police said.

Jammu and Kashmir's Handwara Police today busted a huge Pakistan-sponsored narco-terror module in which three terrorists of the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) were arrested.

The National Investigation Agency on Friday filed a chargesheet against 10 people, including one Pakistan-based and one Dubai-based accused, for their alleged involvement in a cross-border narco-terror network to further terrorist activities of the outlawed Khalistan Liberation Force (KLF), an official said.