The Excise Department, along with Jammu & Kashmir Police, has launched an anti-narcotics (cannabis destruction) drive across several areas of South Kashmir along the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway to eradicate the menace of drugs.

Excise Department J&K official Mohammad Amin Bhat told ANI on Saturday, “We have destroyed around 350 kanals of wild cannabis… The efforts include cleaning hotspots along the highway from Bijbehara to Sangam and beyond…”

In July, the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) of Srinagar Zone uncovered a major drug smuggling racket in south Kashmir, along with the arrest of two individuals, including a former militant and the seizure of 39 kilograms of poppy straw, as per an official statement.

According to officials, the operation was launched based on specific intellig

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