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Reports indicate that 40% of drug smugglers in Pakistan's Punjab province are concentrated in Lahore and Kasur, serving as a primary launchpad for narcotics trafficking into India.
The smuggling operations utilize drone drops, land routes, and container shipments. Key figures like Shafkat Hussain Butt allegedly use hexacopter drones to cross the Amritsar border with links to Pakistan's ISI and overseas nodes in Dubai and Australia.
Q. Discuss the challenges posed by cross-border narcotics trafficking by non-state actors and the role of technological surveillance in curbing such activities.
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Keywords: Narcotics trafficking · Cross-border security · Drone technology · Transnational crime · Intelligence coordination
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