JJ CORRESPONDENT
Jammu, Nov 24: A three-day special course on the theme “Drug Law Enforcement” commenced on Wednesday here at Police Auditorium, Gulshan Ground.
The capacity building programme for JKP officers is being organized by the Narcotics Control Bureau to improve the investigation skills.
Former Chief Justice, Sikkim High Court, Permod Kohli was the chief guest at the inaugural function.
The training programme is organised under the overall guidance and supervision of Mukesh Singh ADGP Jammu Zone and was attended by Danesh Rana- ADGP Coordination PHQ J&K, Chandan Kohli SSP Jammu, J S Johar –AIG (Trg/ Policy), Rajesh Kumar Zonal Director Jammu NCB and other senior officers of JK Police.
The course was designed to have a threadbare study on the various factors responsible for growing drug menace among the youth, social effect, international narcotic cartels and to make aware the participants about the laws and important court judgments to handle the cases related to Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances.
Over 100 officers from J&K Police are attending the three days specialized training course.
In his address, Permod Kohli said the drug cases should be dealt with high scrutiny before being produced in the court of law so that the conviction rate can be improved and advised to make it a regular feature to organize such training programmes.
Danesh Rana laid stress on determining the origins and pathways of drug abuse and addiction so that protective factors could be placed well on time.
He also called upon the police officers to implement the learning on field so that the menace of narcotics can be controlled which has significant impact on social & ethical issues in the society.
While concluding today’s training programme Rajesh Kumar Zonal Director Jammu NCB said that during this training session officers are advised to make it more interactive and be based more on the practical problems they face during investigation. UNI
