Srinagar, Nov 11: In a significant institutional reinforcement of counter-narcotics capabilities across Jammu and Kashmir, the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has officially commenced operations from its newly established zonal office in the Peer Bagh area of Srinagar, launching targeted intelligence-led strikes against cross-border and inter-district drug trafficking syndicates.
The operationalization of the dedicated federal facility forms an integral pillar of the Union Home Ministry’s coordinated national strategy to eradicate narcotics networks from the Valley. Senior NCB official Abhishek Sharma confirmed that the Srinagar bureau has been tasked with an uncompromising mandate: “We have opened our office here with one primary mission—achieving a completely Drug-Free Kashmir. Our squads are operating around the clock, combining stringent law enforcement with scientific counseling to save vulnerable youth from this menace.”
Working in synchronized coordination with the Jammu and Kashmir Police, territorial intelligence units, and central paramilitary forces, the newly deployed NCB teams have already cracked down on multiple illicit networks, seizing commercial quantities of charas, synthetic opioids, and pharmaceutical contraband across vulnerable trafficking axes in Anantnag, Pulwama, and the Baramulla frontier corridor.
Beyond punitive enforcement, the bureau has integrated an extensive humanitarian rehabilitation model. Sharma highlighted that youth struggling with substance dependency who voluntarily seek institutional help can approach the Peer Bagh office under ironclad identity confidentiality, where they are sponsored for specialized six-month medical and vocational rehabilitation programs at advanced de-addiction centers outside the Union Territory.
The establishment of the zonal bureau complements the wider “Nasha Mukt Jammu Kashmir Abhiyan.” Official data reveals that between January and October 2026 alone, law enforcement agencies in the Kashmir Zone registered 1,651 NDPS cases, arrested 1,941 traffickers, seized over 1,700 kilograms of illicit contraband, and attached ill-gotten narco-properties valued at approximately Rs 154 crore. The NCB urged citizens to support the clean-up drive by anonymously reporting trafficking activities via the national MANAS helpline portal.
Published by True Roots Media