India achieves ‘historic milestone’, destroys 144,000kg seized drugs worth Rs 2,378 crore

New Delhi, July 18: As a part of a nationwide campaign against drugs, Union Home Minister Amit Shah oversaw the destruction of over 1,44,000 kilograms of drugs worth Rs 2,381 crore across various parts of India in coordination with anti-narcotics task forces.

 

The operation was carried out across the country by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) in coordination with Anti Narcotics Task Force (ANTF) in the virtual presence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah.

 

 

 

In a tweet Shah said that with this accomplishment, India attains an astounding record of destroying 1 million kgs of drugs worth Rs.12,000 crore in just one year.

 

Union Home Minister Amit Shah at Regional Conference on ‘Drugs Trafficking and National Security in New Delhi informed, "In 2006-13, a total of 1,250 cases were registered and till 2014-23, 3,700 cases have been registered...Earlier 1.52 lakh kg of drugs were seized and today it is 3.94 lakh kg which shows an increase of 160 per cent".

 

Shah added, "A total of more than 1,44,000 kg of drugs have been destroyed today. For this I thank all the states and NCB as we have been able to destroy drugs worth Rs 2,378 crore through this campaign".

 

6727 kgs of seized drugs were destroyed in Jammu and over 1,44,000 kilograms of drugs were destroyed in various parts of the country by NCB, in coordination with ANTFs of all states.

 

The campaign was carried under “Nasha Mukt Bharat” at Jammu, led by the Additional Director General of Police Jammu Zone, Mukesh Singh and participated by officers of ANTF JK, NCB and JK Police officers.

 

Destruction of drugs was done in accordance with the procedure established by Law. ADGP Jammu thanked the Judiciary for giving this campaign wholehearted support.

 

The Home Minister also requested Chief Ministers and Lieutenant Governors to implement this step in all states, adding, "The biggest step to win this fight is to create maximum awareness. "Till we don't spread awareness among youths against drugs, we won't be able to win this fight."

 

PM Modi lauds initiative

 

Prime Minister Narendra Modi later replied to Shah’s Tweet commending the historic achievement. "Great! Adds strength to our efforts to make India free from the drug menace," he said.

 

 

The minister noted that the destruction of a total of 144,000 seized drugs is a record for the highest quantity of drugs destroyed in a single day.