Hoshiarpur, Feb. 25 -- : Punjab governor Gulab Chand Kataria said on Tuesday that certain foreign forces were aiding Pakistan to smuggle drugs and weapons into Punjab across the border to destabilise the state and harm the youth.

Kataria claimed that Pakistan alone did not have the capacity to continuously push large consignments of drugs and arms across the border, indicating possible involvement of larger foreign forces. He said drones were being used to smuggle narcotics and weapons to disturb peace in the state.

He was addressing a gathering during the second leg of the "People's walk against drugs", an anti-drug awareness march in the city organised under the aegis of the Punjab Lit Foundation.

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