¡¾ Global network comprehensive report ¡¿ The United States "Wall Street Journal" reported on August 8 that there has been drug smuggling in the Indian state of Punjab, which is adjacent to Pakistan, and now the Indian government is more worried that Pakistani "mujahideen" will enter India through the "drug channel".

According to reports, Punjab is a northern Indian state, India seized heroin, nearly half of it comes from here. In recent years, the Indian government says, it has become a conduit for Afghanistan's terrorism-financing opium trade to funnel the drug to other markets in Asia, Europe and elsewhere.

A recent film about drugs and their devastating impact on humanity and society has sparked heated debate ahead of upcoming elections, the Wall Street Journal said. But India's anti-drug and intelligence officials say the harm goes far beyond that. They say groups of drug smugglers, criminals and militants from Pakistan are sending extremists, counterfeit currency and weapons across the border. They also suspect that the sale of heroin is helping to finance jihadists.

"Once you have a way to cross the border into India, you have a conveyor belt," said a senior Punjab police official. "You can send drugs, you can send terrorists, or whatever you want."

The report also says it is not easy to carry out illegal activities along the Pakistan-India border. Barbed wire stretches along much of the 1,800-mile border, which is heavily patrolled 24 hours a day.

Earlier this year, six Pakistani militants broke into an air force base in Punjab state near the border with Pakistan, killing seven people. Investigators say they are looking further into whether smugglers were involved in helping Pakistani militants break into India and are questioning an Indian police officer.

reports that this is not the first time such problems have occurred. Within his first month in office in 2014, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi stressed the importance of the drug trade to national security. He said at the time: "Has it ever occurred to you that our honourable and lovely, brave and courageous soldiers could be victimised by extremists funded by drug traffickers?" The Indian government, however, says several recent cases point to growing contacts between smugglers and militants.

Smugglers reportedly have a variety of ways to cross the heavily fortified border with India. In February, Indian security forces shot dead four people -- two Indians and two Pakistanis -- who were transporting 22 pounds of heroin packed into small bags on a long plastic pipe through a barbed wire fence at the border. In May 2015, two Pakistanis packed 43 pounds of heroin and a revolver into a waterproof bag and crossed the border via the Ravi River. They were apprehended by Indian soldiers. In June, an Indian farmer was arrested for hiding 110 pounds of heroin in a hollow raft.

People who smuggled gold in the 1960s are now smuggling drugs because they can make more money, says a senior official in Punjab state. In recent years, he added, electronic mapping and instant messaging services have helped facilitate their smuggling.

Corrupt Indian officials and politicians also contribute to the smuggling. Since 2014, 68 guards have been arrested for involvement in drug trafficking, Kirun Rijiju, Minister of state at the Home Ministry, told parliament. (Practice compilation by Lu Huitao reviewed by Tanya)

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