Amritsar: Residents of border villages urged to help admn nail drug peddlers

Amritsar, July 4

The district administration has sought the help and cooperation of the people in border villages to help in eradicating the drug menace and nailing those involved in the rampant sale of narcotics.

Ajnala Sub-Divisional Magistrate Arwinder Pal Singh along with Ajnala Deputy Superintendent of Police Raj Kumar and officials of the Border Security Force held a meeting with village defence committees of Saidogazi and Maji Meo border villages on Wednesday to implore them to help the administration check the rampant drug menace.

Addressing residents on the occasion, the SDM said, “Society needs a revolution to root out drugs. It’s only possible when every section of society comes forward and plays its role for the noble cause. It would be impossible to end the menace only by arresting smugglers and cutting their drug supply line.”

“We have to bring back people, who have fallen in the deadly trap of drug abuse, to the mainstream through rehabilitation,” he said. He asked villagers to share information with the police or the BSF whenever they observed movement of drones which smuggled drugs from the Pakistan side. He said, “Information about those who are involved in the illegal trade and are making big bucks through it should also be shared with the authorities concerned.”

DSP Raj Kumar said stringent action would be taken against those caught involved in drug peddling. He said public committees were being constituted in the rural areas and the city to strengthen the drive against rampant drug abuse. He said even if any cop was found indulging in the illegal act, he/she would be taken to task.

The SDM and the DSP said, “Those, who are addicted to drugs, can get treatment to shun the habit at government run de-addiction and rehabilitation centres in the district.”