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| Why Sniffing Out Addicts May Not Be |
| Why Sniffing Out Addicts May Not Be The Solution To Punjab's War On Drugs
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| INDIA
, 13-June-2016
20:51:54 PM |
| In villages along the India-Pakistan International Border, a thriving form of employment is to ferry drugs between the two countries. Packed in plastic bags and camouflaged in mud, transporting a kilo of heroin across the border fetches Rs. 50,000, a lucrative proposition especially for the unemployed.
As a political war of words rages on over the drug menace in Punjab, NDTV travelled to several of these border towns to investigate the extent of problem. A former smuggler who is now working with the police, admitted to have received the said money for the operation.
"Many people in the villages do this job, what else will they do," he said.
The money is however not for transporting the drugs but for the risk involved. Many smugglers have been caught and even shot dead by the Border Security Force or BSF jawans patrolling along the International Border.
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