Union Home Minister Shri Amit Shah chaired a meeting with Chief Ministers, Chief Secretaries and Director Generals of Police of all North Eastern States on ‘ Drug Trafficking and National Security ‘ in Guwahati , Assam today. It discussed the drug abuse scenario in the North East region and ways to reduce it. The meeting was also attended by the Union Home Secretary , Director General of Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) and other senior officials.
In the meeting, Shri Amit Shah said that the spread of drug smuggling is very dangerous for any society. The damage caused by a terrorist incident is limited, but the spread of drugs in the society ruins generations. He works like a termite to hollow out the youth power of our society and country. He said that the Ministry of Home Affairs has decided to make the call of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi ji’s call of ‘ Nasha – free India’ as its determination in the Amrit Mahotsav of Azadi. The Home Minister said that under the leadership of Prime Minister Modi, the Government of India has made ‘Dirty Money’ and ‘ Dirty Money ‘ of narcotics , drug smuggling . The policy of zero tolerance has been adopted to thwart every attempt by organized mafia to harm the country’s economy and national security.
The Union Home Minister said that the Ministry of Home Affairs under the leadership of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi is committed to curb the menace of drugs. About 40 thousand kilograms of narcotic drugs were destroyed across the Northeast today as part of the special operation against drugs. Shri Shah said that under the leadership of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, a target was set to destroy 75 thousand kilograms of drugs during the Amrit Mahotsav of Azadi, but till now a total of more than 1.5 lakh kilograms of drugs have been destroyed , Which is more than twice the target.
Shri Amit Shah said that drug smuggling is a borderless crime and to tackle it better coordination and coordination between all Drug Law Enforcement and Intelligence agencies as well as border districts of all the states of North East is very important. He said that over the years, the Ministry of Home Affairs at the national level has ensured that the narcotics ban laws and rules are strictly implemented under the firm leadership of the Prime Minister. At the same time, modern technology should be used in this and coordination should be established among all the agencies. The Home Minister said that the success of the strategy to dismantle the drug supply network in the country is showing results in the short term. He said that the seizure and seizure of narcotics after 2014 is proof of this. Mr. Shah told that 2006-2013 A total of 1257 cases were registered between 2014-2022 which increased by 152 percent to 3172 between 2014-2022 . The total number of arrests during the same period increased by 260 percent to 4888 as against 1362 . During 2006-2013 , 1.52 lakh kg of drugs were seized which doubled to 3.30 lakh kg between 2014-2022 . Drugs worth Rs 768 crore were seized during 2006-2013 , which increased by 25 times to Rs 20,000 crore between 2014-2022
2006-13,2014-22,
total cases
1,257
3,172
152% more cases registered
total arrest
1,363
4,888
260% increase
Seized Drugs (KG)
1.52 Lakh KG
3.33 Lakh KG
more than twice
Seized Drugs
( in crore )
768 crore
thousand crore
25 times more