Delhi Police destroyed illegal drugs worth Rs 1700 crore...
delhi police destroyed about eight thousand kg of drugs in a mega drug destruction drive on tuesday (17 December) under the 'Drugs Free Delhi' campaign. The stock of illegal drugs destroyed included ganja, hashish, heroin, cocaine, LSD, MDMA, poppy, poppy husk, ketamine, narcotic injections and other psychoactive substances. The Lieutenant governor was also present in this campaign to make the national capital drug free. He started the action to destroy illegal drugs. About eight thousand kg of drugs have been destroyed in the program, whose price in the international market is close to Rs 1700 crore. Let us tell you that till december 15, delhi police registered 1,714 cases under the NDPS Act and arrested 2,169 drug smugglers.
This action has been taken four times since 2022
Along with this, property worth about Rs 3.13 crore was seized and additional property worth Rs three crore was also seized under the seizure proceedings. Special police Commissioner of delhi police, Devesh Chandra Srivastava said that drugs have been destroyed four times since december 2022. In this, more than 43,000 kg of drugs worth Rs 4,300 crore have been destroyed. delhi lg VK Saxena held a narco coordination meeting last month and launched a campaign, which aims to make delhi drug free in the next three years. This action has been taken under this campaign. lg VK Saxena praised this move of delhi police and said, delhi police has done a good job on drugs Free delhi and is making drugs Free delhi as per the instructions of prime minister Modi and home Minister.
What did lg VK Saxena say?
He said, delhi has many porous data-borders where it is not possible for the police to keep an eye all the time, but despite this, delhi police is doing good work in this direction. Talking about the challenges of this campaign, lg said, there is a lot of use of drugs in shelter homes. It is a challenge for us to control it. lg also gave the message that our fight is with those who supply drugs and not with those who consume drugs. Speaking against the drug syndicate, lg said, the supply of drugs is done as a well-planned move, because if any country has to be weakened, it can be done by targeting its youth and my dream is to make delhi drug-free in three years.