Despite daily raids, drug threat persists, efforts on to break supply chain: SSP Sopore

Sopore : Senior Superintendent of Police, Sopore, Iftkhar Talib on Wednesday said the police are making sustained efforts to break the drug supply chain with no loopholes left for traffickers, even as the fight against narcotics remains a pressing challenge despite daily raids and multiple arrests in the region.

Speaking to reporters, SSP Talib, per news agency, said police is working on a dual strategy of enforcement and rehabilitation to tackle the crisis. “We are taking action against drug peddling every day. We have registered multiple cases and in recent weeks, seven to eight peddlers have been arrested. Yet, it would not be correct to say that the issue of drugs in Sopore has reduced or improved”, he said.

The SSP stated that the narcotics remains the toughest challenge and they are trying to cut the supply chain and control it as soon as possible. “Police is acting on specific intelligence inputs to track down networks involved in drug trafficking. Our focus is on choking the sources and recent arrests are part of that sustained effort”, he said.

Acknowledging that enforcement alone cannot address the problem, Talib announced that soon a fully functional drug de-addiction and rehabilitation centre will be established in Bomai area of Sopore—(KNO)