Over 100 passports to be cancelled as J&K anti-drug drive intensifies

📌 Summary:

• The Jammu & Kashmir administration has recommended cancelling at least 116 passports of alleged drug smugglers arrested in a crackdown on "narco-terror" - 94 in Jammu and 22 in Kashmir
• Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha is leading a district-by-district awareness campaign; the "nasha-mukt J&K abhiyaan" began on May 11
• Over the past weeks, 797 FIRs have been registered, more than 890 alleged smugglers arrested, and 81 properties built with "proceeds of drug smuggling" demolished
• The LG linked the drive directly to security, noting that terrorist groups use proceeds from drugs to buy weapons; he warned that any official or public figure aiding the drug network will face strict legal consequences
• A comprehensive rehabilitation policy is being prepared to reintegrate addicted youth through de-addiction programmes and employment; more than 7,000 women's committees have been formed in J&K

🎯 UPSC Relevance: GS3 (Internal Security) - the nexus between drug trafficking, terror financing and organised crime; role of state administration in countering narco-terrorism; rehabilitation and community mobilisation as security strategy.

🔑 Key Term: Narco-terrorism - the use of drug trafficking and its proceeds to fund terrorist activities, blurring the line between organised crime and terrorism.