Jammu, Feb. 24 -- In a major breakthrough that has sent shockwaves through narcotics networks operating in the Valley, the Anti-Narcotics Task Force (ANTF) Kashmir has arrested two Punjab-based drug peddlers in separate operations in Srinagar and Budgam districts, busting what officials describe as a direct supply chain of heroin into Jammu and Kashmir. The arrests have lent credence to intelligence reports suggesting that traffickers are no longer relying solely on local middlemen but are personally transporting narcotics across state lines - a development that raises serious concerns about the deepening nexus between inter-state drug cartels and narco-terror networks.
According to officials, the first operation was carried out in the Gan...