Indian security services have busted a drug trafficking network involved in financing al Qaeda-linked terrorist groups in country’s Muslim-majority Kashmir region.
India’s counter-terrorism service, the National Investigation Agency (NIA), arrested several members of the terrorism-financing ring, and confiscated large amount of drugs, cash and properties. “During the initial searches of the houses, 21 kg of heroin was seized, in addition to various incriminating materials, including large sums of cash,” the Indian TV channel News18 reports.
The money for the drug trade was flowing to Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and Hizbul Mujahideen (HM), both Islamic terrorist groups linked to Afghanistan-based al Qaeda. “The case pertains to the use of the proceeds of narcotic drugs to fund nefarious terrorist activities by LeT and HM operating in the Handwara-Kupwara region,” the TV channel notes.
Armed and backed by neighboring Pakistan, Lashkar-e-Taiba and Hizbul Mujahideen, are waging a deadly jihad against Indian civilians and armed forces in Kashmir – with the declared aim of carving out an Islamic state on Indian soil. The Indian government has armed Kashmir’s monitory Hindu population and built a massive 1200-mile border fence with Pakistan, equipped with CCTV and landmines, to repel terrorist infiltrators from entering the country.
“Jammu and Kashmir: NIA attaches property, seizes Rs 2.27 crore in Handwara in narco-terror funding case,” by Manzoor Mir, India TV, February 24, 2024:
Jammu and Kashmir news: In a major step towards dismantling the funding networks that are fuelling terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) has attached four properties.
They have also seized cash in the Handwara narco-terrorism case, involving two proscribed terrorist outfits- Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and Hizbul Mujahideen (HM).
The properties belonging to four accused have been attached in tehsil Handwara of Kupwara district by the NIA, which has also seized a total of Rs 2.27 crore in cash under Section 25 of the UA(P) Act. The immovable properties attached are the double-storeyed house of accused Afaq Ahmad Wani, single-storeyed house of accused Muneer Ahmad Pandey, the house of Saleem Andrabi and the double-storeyed house of Islam ul Haq.
A total of 12 accused have so far been arrested in the case, in which the NIA has charge sheeted 15 individuals.
somehistory says
Good for them.
In another account of things in India, one area has changed a marriage law…no more little girls given over to daily rape by filthy mozlums.
SC says
They atr funding terrorists, therefore they are terrorists and need to be executed.
Taffy says
And selling drugs in that quantity should also be a capital offense.
I like the idea of mining the border to keep the muzzies out.
OLD GUY says
The American open border and the flow of cartel controlled drugs is a direct attack upon the people and families of America. Sadly this attack also comes from within, as the cartels and foreign governments involved have also bought into our political and government agencies. Both sides of the drug war are vary profitable. It’s kind of like the war on Cancer if the Medical and Government researchers find the cure for cancer they are all out of high paying jobs. The war on drugs is the same way as long as the American PEOPLE keep buying these illegal drugs the cartels and government agencies keep raking in the big bucks. Supply and Demand .