Jammu, April 12 -- Drug addiction emerged as the biggest challenge in Jammu and Kashmir, as the main cause of Jammu's sensational gold heist case of Greater Kailash, followed by the gruesome murder of a youth, was this menace.

Highly placed sources said that all those arrested by the police in this high-profile case were habitual drug addicts and that these accused could commit any crime to fulfil their requirement of drugs.

Earlier, drug addicts used to be involved in petty crimes, but this sensational case has exposed how serious the threat of the menace of drug addiction.

While the drug lords are funding terror groups with the money earned through smuggling narcotics, drug addict youth are now involved in committing heinous crimes lik...