Jammu, March 14 -- Stating that narco-trade is emerging as a major challenge, Jammu and Kashmir Director General of Police R R Swain on Thursday said that police and other security forces need to 'dig the tunnel from both ends' to effectively deal with the menace.

"Drug trade is emerging as a major challenge and it has to be addressed properly," the DGP said speaking to media persons after inaugurating the Drug De-Addiction and Mental Rehabilitation Centre here at Channi-Himmat.

"We need to dig the tunnel from both ends," he said adding to a query that how big a challenge was narcotics trade, the DGP said, "J&K is a border state, which lies on the western side of the country, the huge consignments of drugs like Heroine and Brown Sugar are...