New Delhi, Delhi Police on Thursday organised a drug destruction occasion as a part of its ongoing marketing campaign towards narcotics and destroyed 1,643 kg of seized medication price ₹2,622 crore within the worldwide market, an official stated.
Delhi Police conducts drug destruction occasion, goals for drug-free metropolis by 2027
The occasion held at Biotic Waste Options Pvt. Ltd. on GT Karnal Highway was attended by Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena and Police Commissioner Sanjay Arora, he added.
Massive portions of narcotics, together with 529 kg of hashish, 27 kg of charas, 11 kg of heroin, 517 kg of cocaine and smaller portions of MDMA, ketamine and ephedrine, have been disposed of throughout the occasion.
The cocaine destroyed was a part of a complete restoration of 1,289 kg from a multi-state drug bust following the registration of a case on the Particular Cell on October 2, 2024.
Earlier in 2024, a complete of 1,789 circumstances below the NDPS Act have been registered, resulting in the arrest of two,290 drug traffickers. Moreover, monetary investigations have resulted within the freezing of belongings price over ₹4 crore, with one other ₹5 crore in belongings below investigation, an officer stated.
Between 2022 and 2025, roughly 41,395 kg of medicine have been incinerated as a part of the ‘Nasha Mukt Bharat Abhiyan’.
In the course of the occasion, Saxena praised the efforts of the Delhi Police and known as for higher cooperation amongst all stakeholders to attain the aim of constructing Delhi drug-free by 2027.
The initiative aligns with the directives set on the ninth state-level NCORD assembly, chaired by the lieutenant governor in November 2024, the place a three-year roadmap was outlined to sort out the drug menace in a phased method.
To encourage public participation within the struggle towards narcotics, the Union Residence Ministry launched the ‘MANAS’ portal in January 2025, enabling residents to report drug-related offenses anonymously by the helpline 1933.
The lieutenant governor has additionally introduced money rewards for these offering credible data on drug trafficking networks, with assurances of confidentiality.