The District Anti-Narcotic Special Action Force (DANSAF) and crime squads have put in place an intensified checking mechanism on national and State highways to crack down on the network of inter-State and inter-district drug traffickers. The move comes in the wake of an increase in the attempts by drug pushers to smuggle commercial quantities by road using family members as cover.
The authenticity of official stickers and emblems used in vehicles is likely to be crosschecked during checking. According to police sources, fake stickers, are being used to mislead checking squads and the public.
“In one of the recent incidents, drug carriers were found adopting the same trick followed by smugglers on flights to conceal the contraband. The light stand of cameras was used to hide the drug worth ₹3 lakh,” said a police officer who was part of the checking squad.
