And hashish seizures, practically zero during the first 8 months of 1994, totalled 529 kg in 1995. A haul of 58 kg was made in April 1996. The chemical leaves India's Rajasthan and crosses the border in Jammu and Kashmir. Authorities are also fearful that the Jammu and Kashmir border will be used to smuggle large amounts of weapons, as was the case before the electrified fence was build in Punjab and Rajasthan. Nevertheless, arms have been seized from the same persons who are used as drug carriers on behalf of traffickers operating from Pakistani Punjab.
Indian police believe the carriers are forced by the drug traffickers to transport arms as well.
In the first week of October 1995, police announced the arrest of four people, including one Pakistani, at Verta along the Amritsar-Jammu highway. They were found in possession of 49 kg of heroin and various types of arms and ammunition. This situation has led Indian authorities to begin construction of another electrified fence along the Jammu and Kashmir border. But the topography of the area, notably the existence of numerous small rivers, as well as the fact that the border between the two countries here is still not clearly defined, makes the task particularly difficult. These tribesmen receive a one-day pass to travel to their fields.