The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) on Wednesday (March 25, 2026) deliberated on a range of issues during its quarterly Union Territory-level joint coordination committee meeting for Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh, including the identification of top 10 syndicates operating in J&K.
“Discussion focused on drone-based drug drops & Punjab linkages, identification of top 10 syndicates operating in J&K, mapping of ‘hawala’ operators, hotspots & networks, analysis of districts with low seizures to identify enforcement gaps, scrutiny of suspicious financial transactions of narco offenders & drug scenario in UT Ladakh,” said the agency in a post on X.
The meeting, held in hybrid mode at the Border Security Force (BSF) Frontier Headquarters (Jammu), was chaired by the NCB Deputy Director-General (North Western Region) and attended by officers of BSF, Enforcement Directorate, Income-Tax, Director of Revenue Intelligence (J&K), the Union Territory’s Drug Control Department, along with anti-narcotics task forces and the Excise Department.
More than 4,300 drone sightings and close to 970 cases of incursions have been reported in the past five years along India’s international borders. Interceptions have led to the seizure of 641 kg of drugs, besides arms and ammunition.
