Drug-Free J&K Movement: LG Sinha Calls for Community Action and Citizen Policing to Fight Narcotics

POONCH, JUNE 07,2026— In a decisive bid to eradicate the drug menace and dismantle the cross-border narco-terrorism matrix, Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha joined the ‘Drug-Free J&K’ Campaign and a massive public Padyatra in the border district of Poonch on Sunday, June 7, 2026. Marking the culmination of a 57-day tour that covered all 20 districts of the Union Territory, the Lieutenant Governor announced an intensified 43-day localized movement. He urged every citizen, Panchayat, and urban ward to unite against drug syndicates, emphasizing that cross-border smuggling not only destroys youth but directly funds terrorism. Asserting a zero-tolerance policy, LG Sinha revealed that law enforcement has heavily cracked down on networks over the last two months—arresting more than 1,130 smugglers under 1,038 FIRs, detaining 63 individuals under the PIT-NDPS Act, attaching over 100 properties, cancelling 700 driving licenses, and moving to revoke 130 passports.

To completely immobilize the narco-ecosystem, the Lieutenant Governor stated that security and narcotics agencies have been given a completely free hand under a newly issued Standard Operating Procedure (SOP). Individuals found complicit in drug trafficking will face immediate, severe consequences, including the attachment of all movable and immovable assets under the NDPS Act, alongside the prompt cancellation of their passports, driving licenses, arms licenses, and government-issued identification cards. Shifting the strategy toward a whole-of-society approach, LG Sinha called for a transition from public indifference to active community policing, highlighting Youth Clubs and women-led village panels as the frontline defense. He vowed that the administration will not rest until every lane, household, and supply chain is entirely freed from the scourge of narcotics.