The Union Ministry of Home Affairs, on Sunday, released three videos about the Modi Government’s success in dealing with the menace of drugs.

Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation Amit Shah sent out a series of posts on X (formerly Twitter) and the videos.

In one of the posts, he said, “The Modi government’s ruthless approach towards narco-trade has borne effective results. The upshot of this approach is the drastic rise in the number of arrests and seizures.”

In another post, Mr Shah maintained, “An invincible anti-narcotics apparatus has been built nationwide through Coordination, Cooperation, and Collaboration among governments and agencies under the guidance of Modi Ji. The strategy has resulted in an increased number of drug seizures and cases registered.”

He also said, “A #DrugsFreeBharat is the greatest gift to our future generations. Our nation is speeding to achieve this goal through the detection of drugs, destruction of drug networks, and detention of culprits while rehabilitating addicts under the leadership of PM Modi Ji.”

On account of the multipronged efforts made by the Modi Government to rein in the illegal drug trade the number of narcotics seized increased by almost 100 per cent and the cases registered against those dealing in it increased by 152 per cent.

According to the data released by the Ministry, during the period between 2006 and 2013, the number of cases registered was 1,257 which shot up by three times during 2014-2023 to 3755. The arrests increased by four times from 1,363 in the 2006-13 period to 5745 in the 2014-23 period. The quantity of seized drugs doubled during the Modi regime to 3.95 lakh kgs from 1.52 lakh kgs seized during 2006-13. The value of seized drugs jumped 30 times during the Modi government to Rs.22,000 crore from Rs.768 crore achieved in the period 2006-13.

The anti-narcotics agencies also destroyed 12 lakh kgs of drugs worth Rs.12,000 crore during the Modi regime. Till June 2023, the NCB conducted a financial investigation in 23 such cases in which property worth ₹74,75,00,531 was frozen.

In a bid to fulfil the PM’s vision of a drug-free India the four (04) tier NCORD mechanism was strengthened in 2019 for better cohesion and synergy between the Central and State drug law enforcement agencies.