Sri Ganganagar new target of Pak agencies to smuggle arms, drugs to India
India Today
Rajasthan's Sri Ganganagar district has become the new target of Pakistan agencies to smuggle arms and drugs to India. Central agencies have since issued alerts to state police and state IB.
After more than 50 failed attempts in Punjab, Sri Ganganagar district of Rajasthan is on the radar of Pakistan agencies to smuggle drugs and weapons to India. The Central intelligence Bureau has issued an alert to different security agencies of Rajasthan, including state IB and police, in reference to this
According to the alert, after agencies enforced strict measures in Punjab, Pakistani drug peddlers along with the ISI have prepared a new plan to smuggle drugs and arms via the Sri Ganganagar route using drones.
It is worth noting that Pakistan has been sending consignments to Gurdaspur, Amritsar, Tarn Taran and Ferozepur districts of Punjab since 2019, but authorities have adopted strict security measures in recent months.
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Till May 11 this year, in these districts, the BSF has caught 53 cases of drone smuggling and destroyed nine drones in the process.
The IB has instructed the ATS and Intelligence Unit of Rajasthan Police and BSF to keep a close watch on the border adjacent to Sri Ganganar district. However, drugs have been coming via drones to Sri Ganganagar for the last several months.
At present, small smugglers operating at the local level are doing this work by luring farmers, who have their agricultural farms on the border, with money.
