seized more than 100 kg heroin from different places. The smugglers have been using new method to send the drug to India

Smuggling of narcotics from Pakistan along the international border has become a major concern for security agencies as drug lords are using new modus operandi to flood contrabands in Indian markets. If the peddlers are sending the drugs through human courier in one occasion, the next time they would send the contraband through the cross-border Samjhauta Express, the third time in a camel back while the forth time they would try to push drug packets through plastic pipes across the fencing.
"In the first half of the year, we have seized more than 100 kg heroin from different places. The smugglers have been using new method to send the drugs to India. It is the one of biggest challenges in the western sector," Additional Director General (west) of Border Security Force G S Gill told the media on the sideline of a in Delhi."They make good use of both Samjhauta Express and Thar Express trains to smuggle drugs into India," Gill said. The area opposite the international border with Pakistan in Punjab is always under threat of exploitation by narcotic smugglers. However, the alertness of border guarding troops has always been an impediment in the smugglers attempts, which are being made regularly by well placed drug syndicates on both side of the border.
"We are always alert to foil their attempts," he said.
Pumping of fake Indian currency notes (FICNs) into India through the international border with Pakistan is another area of concern for the security agencies as this is a method being used to cripple the country's economy.Last month, BSF seized FICN worth Rs 16 lakh in five packets of Rs 1,000 denomination notes and 22 packets of Rs 500 denomination notes in R S Pura sector in Jammu and Kashmir. The suspects fled towards Pakistan after being chased by the BSF.There have been also reports of smuggling of high-value contraband and FICNs from Pakistani side to finance terrorism in India. Security officials remained tight-lipped about the role of state agencies in Pakistan, like its border guarding force Pakistani Rangers, in aiding such smuggling. As part of its efforts for better coordination in manning the Indo-Pak border, the BSF has been holding regular meetings with its counterpart Pakistan Rangers from time to time. "However, such meetings lead to little results on the ground," another official said.