The SIT, Arunachal Pradesh Police dealt a massive blow to the interstate contraband trafficking on Wednesday by seizing what is being touted as the biggest one-time recovery of Heroin with a market value pegged at over 1.25 Crore including arresting two women peddlers.  This is a vital blow to the interstate Dimapur-Tezpur-Nirjuli pathway of contraband influx. The SIT has been on the lookout to bust the Inter-state narcotics mafia, being operated by individuals based in Assam, with narcotics sourcing from the heart of Nagaland which play a pivotal role in introducing contraband into Arunachal Pradesh and flooding its streets with banned substances.
Drug menace is a massive problem in present day Arunachal. It is not only a capital-centric problem but small towns across the state are dealing with this growing social concern. The modus operandi of peddlers is horrifying as they are known to study their subjects closely and intentionally target and lure children of well-to-do families to fuel their nefarious designs.
The Itanagar Capital Police must also be appreciated for persistently working on nabbing drug peddlers and busting drug rackets. Over the past 12 months, police has clearly sent out the message to the evil cartels that it hasn’t lost its focus due to the pandemic and its radar on the illegal transactions of drug is ever active. 
The success of the SIT, APP operation after one month clearly points to the fact that the intelligence gathering mechanism has been carefully nurtured and the resultant tip-off led to arrests. This always remains a vital aspect of any anti-drug operation and more the ‘high quality’ it is the more is the success rate. The roots, as it’s always are far-stretched and efficacies of counter-measures undoubtedly depend on the ‘roving eyes’. 
It’s a matter of sustained concern that young Arunachal has fallen prey to the menace and this is despite all efforts on part of administration and social organisations. Any major haul or prized catch in a particular district or region in the state gives rise to the expectation that the supply line there has been effectively snapped. However, the racketeers have proved smarter and with newer methods they continue to hoodwink the police and reach out to youths. If all the anti-drug successes achieved over the last 12months across various districts are analyzed, evidently, intelligence inputs have been the telling contributors. However, as part of dual strategy, ongoing destruction drives of psychoactive plants must not lose momentum along with the efforts of encouraging the growers of these illegal plantations to relinquish the practice. Here, when it is clear that economic compulsion is the primary cause that drives these people into illegalities, substitute measures must be reinforced.
In other words, only multi-pronged strategies with their periodic reviews can only be an answer to drugs.

 

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Kenter Joya Riba

(Managing Editor)
      She is a graduate in Science with post graduation in Sociology from University of Pune. She has been in the media industry for nearly a decade. Before turning to print business, she has been associated with radio and television.
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