Srinagar, Sep 08 : The 2nd UT Level Joint Coordination Committee (JCC) meeting on Narcotics Control for the Union Territories of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh was held at Police Control Room, Srinagar, on Tuesday.The meeting was held under the chairpersonship of DDG (NWR), NCB and IG Crime/ANTF Head of J&K Police, officials said.Senior officers from various enforcement and stakeholder agencies including ED, BSF, State Drug Controller, IB, Customs, DRI, Income Tax, NIA along with District SSPs from Jammu, Srinagar and Ganderbal participated in the meeting.The participating agencies shared their experiences and enforcement initiatives and deliberated upon emerging trends in drug trafficking, inter-State linkages, illicit cultivation, information sharing, joint investigation, financial investigation and effective prosecution.Discussion was also held on making sincere efforts for implementation of ‘Vision Document on Drug Control (2026-2029)’ by the Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation Amit Shah in the 10th apex-level meeting of the Narco-Coordination Centre (NCORD) in New Delhi on 26th June 2026. It was highlighted that the emphasis shall be on a network-centric approach to combat the drug menace.Further, emphasis was laid upon the need for strengthened inter-agency coordination, joint interrogation, effective financial investigation and greater utilization of available information-sharing mechanisms.The meeting concluded with a call for sustained cooperation among all stakeholder agencies and adoption of a Whole-of-Government approach to detect, disrupt and dismantle drug trafficking networks in J&K and Ladakh, officials added.(GNS)
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