[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index
][Thread Index
]
Mizzima: Task Force to combat narco
--------------6CA238DD95E38603CD0CBA97
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
Task Force to combat narcotic smuggling across Indo-Burma border
By Our Correspondent
Mizzima News (www.mizzima.com)
Guwahati, Oct. 26: The Government of India has constituted a Task Force
comprising the representatives of the anti-smuggling units and the
Border Security Force (BSF) to contain narcotic smuggling across the
Indo-Burma border. The task force has been constituted especially for
the North East India in bid to gear up anti-smuggling operations in the
region. The Government?s move came in the wake of growing incidents of
Ephedrine smuggling across the international border. The task force will
gather reports on the North Eastern regions and suggest concerted
efforts to scale down the narcotic smuggling.
Official sources informed Mizzima correspondent that the task force
would share intelligence reports with various agencies engaged in the
region in combating narcotic smuggling. On increasing incidents of
Ephedrine smuggling in the region, sources said that is posing a serious
threat to the northeastern states as consumption of Ephedrine is
increasing gradually. To contain the problem, the task force would
prepare a detailed report covering all aspects of the region.
It is pertinent to mention that Ephedrines are brought from the southern
Indian states and then sent to Burma across the border points where it
has been converted to various narcotic items and again brought back to
India.
Throwing more light on the narcotic smuggling, sources said that
Ephedrines have a good demand in South Asian countries for which the
northeastern region has become a focal point of the smuggling.
"We have confiscated several consignments in Assam, Manipur and
Arunachal Pradesh during the last couple of years meant for Myanmar",
sources added. They further stated that the anti-smuggling operations
have failed to yield desired results in the region due to stepped up
operations of the underground militants. ?Inspite of having specific
information, on various occasions we can't launch operations due to
their activities", they added.
To overcome the problem, the task force has been constituted by
providing modern equipment. Another important fact is that taking
advantage of undulating forest coverage and terrain the smugglers have
been running the business leading to a major problem for the agencies
deployed in the region to combat anti-smuggling operations.
--------------6CA238DD95E38603CD0CBA97
Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
<!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en">
<html>
<center><b><font color="#000099"><font size=+1>Task Force to combat narcotic
smuggling across Indo-Burma border</font></font></b></center>
<p><font color="#FF0000">By Our Correspondent</font>
<br><font color="#FF0000">Mizzima News <a href="http://www.mizzima.com";>(www.mizzima.com)</a></font>
<p><b><i>Guwahati, Oct. 26:</i></b> The Government of India has constituted
a Task Force comprising the representatives of the anti-smuggling units
and the Border Security Force (BSF) to contain narcotic smuggling across
the Indo-Burma border. The task force has been constituted especially for
the North East India in bid to gear up anti-smuggling operations in the
region. The Government?s move came in the wake of growing incidents of
Ephedrine smuggling across the international border. The task force will
gather reports on the North Eastern regions and suggest concerted efforts
to scale down the narcotic smuggling.
<p>Official sources informed Mizzima correspondent that the task force
would share intelligence reports with various agencies engaged in the region
in combating narcotic smuggling. On increasing incidents of Ephedrine smuggling
in the region, sources said that is posing a serious threat to the northeastern
states as consumption of Ephedrine is increasing gradually. To contain
the problem, the task force would prepare a detailed report covering all
aspects of the region.
<p>It is pertinent to mention that Ephedrines are brought from the southern
Indian states and then sent to Burma across the border points where it
has been converted to various narcotic items and again brought back to
India.
<p>Throwing more light on the narcotic smuggling, sources said that Ephedrines
have a good demand in South Asian countries for which the northeastern
region has become a focal point of the smuggling.
<p>"We have confiscated several consignments in Assam, Manipur and Arunachal
Pradesh during the last couple of years meant for Myanmar", sources added.
They further stated that the anti-smuggling operations have failed to yield
desired results in the region due to stepped up operations of the underground
militants. ?Inspite of having specific information, on various occasions
we can't launch operations due to their activities", they added.
<p>To overcome the problem, the task force has been constituted by providing
modern equipment. Another important fact is that taking advantage of undulating
forest coverage and terrain the smugglers have been running the business
leading to a major problem for the agencies deployed in the region to combat
anti-smuggling operations.
<p> </html>
--------------6CA238DD95E38603CD0CBA97--