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Detention of 3 smugglers from Punjab detained under PIT-NDPS Act in Assam jail, extended
By Ravi Jakhu
Chandigarh, October 19, 2024: In a first of its kind of case, the Narcotic Control Bureau has been able to use the provisions of preventative detention under the anti-drug trafficking laws to secure the detention of two notorious drug traffickers lodged in Bathinda jail in Punjab to a jail in Assam.
These notorious criminals were able to operate their network from inside the jail also and their shifting to Assam is expected to weaken their drug trafficking network in Punjab.The third detainee is a notorious smuggler active since 1992 on the Indo-Pak border in Punjab
."Narcotic Control Bureau is in the process of identifying more such drug traffickers in the jails with the cooperation of State Police who can operate the network from prison so that they can be shifted to jails outside their States," stated Narcotics Control Bureau, Chandigarh Zonal Unit.