Narcotic trafficking, the phenomenon, which, started, as an organised cross border crime has now emerged as a threat to nation states because of its diabolic alliance with terrorist groups. The Golden Crescent is the largest producer of illicit opium. Afghanistan and Pakistan alone shared nearly 6000 metric tons of the total illicit production in 1999. It is a matter of serious concern to India, because these drugs are the major source for funding Pak‐sponsored terrorism in this country. And also because India is the only licit supplier of opium to the international pharmaceutical industry, which generates approximately Rupees 209 crores per annum (1999) as revenue from export. The economy of Pak‐Afghan frontier is dependent on the production of poppy and cannabis. The drug money is being floated in an unorganised but systematic manner into the Indian money market thereby damaging financial institutions. Therefore, the illicit, drug trafficking’ from Afghanistan and Pakistan threatens both the polity and the economy of India. Apparently, this demands, serious consideration, from both the policy makers and the law enforcement agencies before it gets too late for action.
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Kshitij Prabha (2001) studied this question.