The illegal-narcotics trade constitutes one of the main financial sources of the insurgency groups in Afghanistan and Pakistan, but, more importantly, it feeds narco-terror.
Army Chief General Manoj Pande on Sunday suggested the narco-terror nexus was being pushed by country s western adversary through dropping of drugs and weapons in Jammu and Kashmir and other states but the force was ready to answer these threats in a resolute manner.
The security situation along the western borders remains largely stable but there are indications of an emerging narco-terror nexus sponsored by inimical elements across the border aimed at causing instability, Minister of State for Defence Ajay Bhatt told Rajya Sabha on Monday.
Jammu and Kashmir police on Saturday busted a narco-terror module and seized contraband worth Rs 18 crore. The police arrested two persons in connection with th