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Indian law-enforcement agencies are seizing an ever-increasing quantity of heroin from the Indo-Pak border indicating a rise in trafficking of contraband from its neighbouring nations through the country, a report said.
According to the annual report of the International Narcotics Control Board released on Wednesday, the quantity of heroin entering
"Law-enforcement agencies in the north-western part of
There has been increasing reports of Indian heroin becoming available in
The Vienna-based board said the use of courier services for drug trafficking seems to be on the rise in
The board said trafficking in and abuse of cannabis and heroin have increased in South Asia, noting that porous borders between India, Bangladesh, Bhutan and Nepal contribute to cross-border smuggling and consequently increase in availability of illicit drugs in the region.
South American cocaine is trafficked to
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"The largest quantity seized in a single incident was a 500 gram recovery while others are one gram or two gram each," he said.
The report said international drug trafficking syndicates, mostly involving West African organised criminal groups, have been using
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