Haryana Chief Secretary Dr Vivek Joshi, while chairing the 9th meeting of the State-Level Narco Coordination Centre (NCORD) Committee here, outlined strategies to strengthen anti-drug initiatives.
An official spokesperson of Himachal Pradesh Police Department said that 2147 cases were registered in 2023, while 1517 cases had been registered during the year 2022.
Manohar Lal Khattar was speaking at a Jan Samvad programme in village Balaha Kalan of the Mahendragarh district.
A bench, headed by Justice Rajendra Badamikar, said that drug cartels target the young generation and casts a bad spell on the whole society.
5.57 kilogram (kg) heroin, 17 kg opium, 25 kg ganja, seven quintals of poppy husk, and 2.25 lakh intoxicant pills among other drugs were recovered in cordon and search operations in drug-affected areas and installing check-posts on vulnerable routes across the state.
Under the provision of chapter VA of NDPS Act (Section A- Z) there is a provision of seizing and forfeiture of ill-gotten property (illegally acquired property from Narcotics business in the last six years), the STF said in a statement on Monday.
At a time when Indian drug enforcement agencies seem to be waging a war against occasional drug users, many countries like the USA, at whose instance the NDPS Act was drafted, have decriminalised drug consumption. Alarmed by the possible misuse of provisions of the NDPS Act and contrary to the Government’s stance in the Aryan Khan case, the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment has recommended amendments to the NDPS Act that would decriminalise possession of small quantities of drugs for personal consumption.
Divulging details about the seizure, he said that when the CIA team, after getting specific information, raided the accused house, he tried to run away with a bag in his hand.
The move is aimed at further strengthening the campaign against drugs, whose progress is now being monitored by the Chief Minister personally as head of the newly-constituted consultative group for the scheme.
The police at Samba intercepted the two trucks that had come from Punjab.
