|
|
Article: Heroin money could fund Kashmir's militants; Kashmir's growing narcotics trade is flourishing in areas where militants are most active.(WORLD)
- Article from:
- The Christian Science Monitor
- Article date:
- October 20, 2003
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2003 The Christian Science Publishing Society. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
|
Byline: Scott Baldauf Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor
BANDIPORA, INDIA -- Manzoor Ahmed is a very happy police chief. Just a month ago, his investigators confiscated four kilos of heroin, tucked into the back of an ordinary truck carrying apples.
But behind his proud exterior, Mr. Ahmed is worried about the dangers that narcotics are starting to pose in his little corner of this Himalayan valley.
For one thing, he knows that he can catch only a fraction of the smugglers. And he suspects that the most active narcotics smugglers are well-armed Kashmiri militants, who use narcotics as a business to pay for their violent activities, ...