Tag Archives: drugs

Chandigarh, Punjab

DECISIVE WAR AGAINST DRUGS: SEAPORTS OF GUJARAT AND MAHARASHTRA EMERGE AS NEW HOTSPOTS TO SMUGGLE DRUGS INTO INDIA

Leave a comment

IEP CHANDIGARH AUGUST 29, 2022

As Punjab Police on the directions of Chief Minister Punjab Bhagwant Mann  intensified its crackdown on drug smugglers in the state it has emerged that seaports of Gujarat and Maharashtra are the new route to smuggle  drugs into India. In the last two months, Punjab Police has recovered 185.5Kg heroin smuggled via seaports of Gujarat and Maharashtra. The consignments were supposed to be delivered in Punjab, said Inspector General of Police (IGP) Headquarters Sukhchain Singh Gill here on Monday.

          In the latest haul, the SBS Nagar Police on Sunday  recovered 38Kg heroin— that had apparently entered India’s borders via the sea route of Gujarat, from a truck coming from Bhuj in Gujarat. Two persons were  arrested. This recovery is in addition to the 13.51Kg heroin recovered in the state last week, taking the weekly cumulative quantity of heroin to 51.51Kg, the IGP added.

          Earlier, in a joint operation with ATS Gujarat on July 12, Punjab Police recovered 75Kg Heroin from a container at Mundra Port in Gujarat, while, in a similar operation with Maharashtra Police on July 15, 72.5Kg heroin was recovered from a container at the Nhava Sheva Port in Mumbai.

          Addressing his weekly Press Conference on Drug Recovery, the IGP said that Punjab Police have arrested 370 drug smugglers/suppliers after registering 283 first information reports (FIRs), including 33 commercial, under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) act across the state in the last one week.

 He said that with Chief Minister Punjab Bhagwant Mann having given the Punjab Police a free hand and full liberty to wage war against drugs, extensive anti-drug drives have been launched to combat the menace of drugs from the border State of Punjab.

 Apart from recovering a big-haul of heroin, the Police have also recovered Rs 1.09 crores of drug money, 13Kg opium, 12Kg ganja, seven quintals of poppy husk, and 1.36 lakh intoxicant pills/capsules/injections/vials among other drugs after carrying out cordon and search operations in drug-affected areas beside laying nakas at vulnerable routes across the state.

          IGP Sukhchain Singh Gill said that with 17 more Proclaimed Offenders (POs)/Absconders in NDPS cases arrested this week, the total number of arrests reached to 247 since the special drive to arrest POs/absconders was started on July 5, 2022.

 Meanwhile, the Director General of Police (DGP) Punjab Gaurav Yadav has strictly ordered all the CPs/SSPs to further tighten the noose around the drug smugglers by identifying all top drug smugglers and the hotspots infamous for drug smuggling in their jurisdictions and launching a combing operation to nab all those selling/smuggling drugs. He also directed the Police chiefs to effectively forfeit the property of all the arrested drug smugglers so that their ill-gotten money could be recovered.

Chandigarh, Haryana

Continuous efforts are being made for drug de-addiction in Haryana, says Chief Secretary

Leave a comment

IEP Chandigarh July 22, 2022

Haryana Chief Secretary, Sh. Sanjeev Kaushal said that for the prevention and control of drug smuggling in Haryana, various steps are being taken as per the roadmap prepared from village-ward level to state level. As per the aim of the State Government, Haryana State Drug Control Bureau is working to make the society aware by conducting awareness campaigns in coordination with the departments for the prevention of drugs.

        The Chief Secretary was presiding over the second meeting of the State Level Committee of Narco Coordination Center (NCORD) here today through video conferencing.

        Sh. Kaushal directed the officers that along with the efforts of the government for the eradication of drugs from the society, it is very important to make people aware regarding the campaign. Extensive IEC activities should also be implemented by District Information, Public Relations Officers.

        During the meeting, Deputy Director General, NCB, Delhi, Sh. Gyaneshwar Singh, made a presentation on the joint activities of Haryana and NCB. While appreciating the efforts being made by Haryana for the prevention of drug abuse, he said that Haryana has ensured better implementation of the schemes at the grassroots level by incorporating most of the parameters in its action plan. He also recommended the early submission of an action plan to the Home Department to enhance the forensic capacity of the State.

        In the meeting, Additional Director General of Police, Haryana State Narcotics Control Bureau, Panchkula, Sh. Shrikant Jadhav informed that according to the state action plan, mission teams have been prepared from village-ward level to state level for drug prevention. The main objective of these teams is to trace the addicted people, to enter their data in the mobile application, to make various efforts for counselling and rehabilitation of such people and to spread awareness as well.

        Apart from this, the Bureau has planned to conduct scientific, social and psychological studies in collaboration with various Universities of the state to formulate an effective policy and strategy for rehabilitation. Youth clubs set up by the Department of Sports and Youth Affairs are also being involved in the awareness campaign.

        He informed that regular courses and training programmes are being conducted by the Bureau at Haryana Police Academy and Police Training Centres for matters covered under NDPS Act. Apart from this, awareness programmes have also been conducted at school, college and university level under the Dhakad initiative.

        In the meeting, Additional Chief Secretary, Home Department, Sh. Rajeev Arora, Additional Chief Secretary, Social Justice and Empowerment, Sh. Vineet Garg, Additional Chief Secretary, Women and Child Development and Medical Education and Research, Smt. G. Anupama, Director General of Police, Sh. P.K. Agrawal and other senior officers were present.