Force needed to check smuggling

Shimla, December 2

India needs stern counter-strike forces against smuggling and counterfeiting, said Bimal Gupta, DIG-cum-Principal, HP Police Training College, here yesterday. He was addressing a virtual programme of FICCI Committee Against Smuggling and Counterfeiting Activities for police officers.

He said criminals were exploiting consumers under the shield of Covid through fake medical products, frauds and cyber crimes”. Some key recommendations included the need for capacity building in terms of skills, infrastructure and technology among the law enforcement agencies to improve detection and investigation of crimes, need for additional manpower, a dedicated economic offence wing, non-bailable measures for repeated offence.—TNS