Ladakh Police and the Anti-Narcotics Task Force, Ladakh’s dedicated anti-drug unit, ran a series of anti-drug operations across Leh, Kargil, Drass, Nubra and other parts of the Union Territory between June and November 2026.[1] The police records cited in the account list seizures of heroin, charas, ganja, suspected cocaine/MDMA and thousands of psychotropic tablets.[1]

On 3 November 2026 a joint team of ANTF Kargil and Police Station Kargil intercepted a vehicle coming from the Srinagar side at Bypass Bridge in Kargil and recovered three grams of heroin and 92 grams of ganja.[1] Three persons were identified in connection with that stop.[1] The Director General of Police, Ladakh, said the vehicle was JK10-6869 and that FIR No. 102 was registered under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, with the investigation under way.[2]

Police in Drass recovered 81 grams of a charas-like substance from a rented room at Drass Market on 12 October 2026 and registered FIR No. 54/2026 under sections 8 and 20 of the NDPS Act.[3] Kargil police recovered about 30 grams of a charas-like substance near Iqbal Bridge the same day.[3] During night patrolling in Drass on 19 October 2026 police recovered about 91 grams of a charas-like substance and registered FIR No. 57/2026 under sections 8 and 20 of the NDPS Act.[4]

On 27 October 2026 ANTF personnel recovered 3.5 grams of a heroin-like substance from a traveller at Kushok Bakula Rimpochee Airport in Leh, and police said the substance had allegedly been sent from Chandigarh for delivery through an air traveller who may have been unaware of the arrangement.[1] The Ladakh Times reported that Mohd Hussain, a resident of Diskit in Nubra, was held in that case and that FIR No. 19/2026 was registered under sections 8 and 21 of the NDPS Act.[5] On 1 October 2026 ANTF seized 6,146 Spasmo and Alprazolam tablets during a late-night search at a residential premises in Choglamsar, registering FIR No. 17/2026 under section 8/22 of the NDPS Act.[6] In a separate operation, Zanskar police arrested a 24-year-old Israeli national at the Kargyak checkpoint on 21 July 2026 and recovered 104 grams of a charas-like substance and 16 grams of a ganja-like substance, registering FIR No. 23/2026.[7] Ladakh Police urged residents, particularly young people, to stay away from drugs and to share credible information about narcotics-related activity with law enforcement agencies.[1]