NEW DELHI, July 17: In the virtual presence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah, more than 1.40 lakh kg of drugs with a total value of Rs 2,381 crore were destroyed across various locations in the country on Monday, according to officials.
The narcotics destruction operations, primarily originating from Madhya Pradesh, were carried out in different cities while Shah attended a conference on ‘Drugs Smuggling and National Security,’ watching via video conferencing from New Delhi.
The seized drugs include 6,590 kg from the Narcotics Control Bureau’s (NCB) Hyderabad unit, 822 kg from the Indore unit, and 356 kg from the Jammu unit, as reported by officials.
Furthermore, several law enforcement agencies from different states also participated in the drug destruction efforts. The quantities destroyed are as follows: 1,03,884 kg in Madhya Pradesh, 1,486 kg in Assam, 229 kg in Chandigarh, 25 kg in Goa, 4,277 kg in Gujarat, 2,458 kg in Haryana, 4,069 kg in Jammu and Kashmir, 159 kg in Maharashtra, 1,803 kg in Tripura, and 4,049 kg in Uttar Pradesh.
The destruction of drugs on Monday brings the total quantity of drugs destroyed in the span of one year to approximately 10 lakh kilograms, with a cumulative value of Rs 12,000 crore.
Between June 1, 2022, and July 15, 2023, the regional units of the NCB and anti-narcotics task forces from various states collectively destroyed around 8,76,554 kg of seized drugs, valued at approximately Rs 9,580 crore—surpassing the target by more than 11 times.
