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Hans India
18 hours ago
- Hans India
7,082 kg ganja seized in 62 cases
Paderu (ASR District): A high-level NCORD (Narcotics Coordination) meeting was held at the Collector's Conference Hall in Alluri Sitarama Raju (ASR) district on Thursday. Visakhapatnam Range DIG Gopinath Jetty, district collector AS Dinesh Kumar, District SP Amit Bardar, Additional SP (Admin) Dheeraj Kunibilli and officers from various departments attended. Revenue, Forest, Health, ICDS, Education, Agriculture, Horticulture, and Women & Child Welfare departments participated. During the review, the District SP presented the district's anti-drug enforcement statistics. He said that in 2024, a total of 316 NDPS (Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances) cases were registered, leading to the seizure of 23,366.25 kg of dry ganja and 91.2 kg of hashish oil. A total of 970 individuals were arrested. In 2025 so far, 62 cases have been registered, resulting in the seizure of 7,082.74 kg of dry ganja and 5.5 kg of hashish oil. A total of 129 individuals were arrested in connection with these cases. The police have also destroyed 93.01 acres of illicit ganja plantations identified using drones. The district has submitted 17 PIT-NDPS (Prevention of Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances) proposals to higher authorities. Action has been initiated under the PD (Preventive Detention) Act against 50 habitual offenders, all of whom have been incarcerated. As part of the awareness and prevention strategy, the district has conducted 907 outreach programmes in schools and colleges during this year. The district administration urged the public to share any information about illegal ganja activities. Informants can contact the District NDPS Cell at 9381123100 or the EAGLE helpline at 1930. The identity of informants will be kept strictly confidential.
Time of India
a day ago
- Time of India
Cops seize 30,000 kgs of ganja in Alluri Sitarama Raju district in last 17 months
Visakhapatnam: The Alluri Sitarama Raju (ASR) district police have achieved a significant milestone in their fight against narcotics, seizing over 30,000 kilograms of dry ganja and more than 96 kilograms of hashish oil in the past 17 months, from January 2024 to May 2025. During this period, the police arrested approximately 1,100 drug peddlers and registered a total of 378 NDPS cases. The district police chief, Amit Bardar, shared these details at a meeting of the Narco-Coordination Centre (NCORD), highlighting the efforts made by the police to curb the drug trade. In 2024 alone, the police registered 316 NDPS cases, seized 23,366.25 kilograms of dry ganja and 91.2 kilograms of hashish oil, and arrested 970 individuals. In the first five months of 2025, the police registered 62 NDPS cases, seized 7,082 kilograms of dry ganja and 5.5 kilograms of hashish oil, and arrested 129 individuals. The police have also adopted modern technology in their fight against illegal cultivation, using drone surveillance to identify and destroy ganja crops. So far, they have identified and destroyed 93.01 acres of ganja crops. To enhance coordination and resource allocation, the police have submitted 17 PIT-NDPS proposals to higher authorities. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like This Device Made My Power Bill Drop Overnight elecTrick - Save upto 80% on Power Bill Pre-Order Undo The district administration has taken a stern approach towards chronic offenders, invoking the Prevention of Detention (PD) Act against 50 individuals involved in repeated illegal ganja transportation activities. These offenders have been sent to jail as part of the zero-tolerance approach towards drug-related crimes. Meanwhile, the Anakapalle district police seized around 80 kgs of dry cannabis and arrested three persons at cashew orchards in Kovvur village of Rolugunta mandal. The arrested persons have been identified as K Yeshu Kranti, Y Pawan Kumar and B Srinu. Based on specific information, the police carried out a raid and seized the contraband. A case has been registered and further investigation is on.
Hindustan Times
25-05-2025
- Politics
- Hindustan Times
Stop welfare benefits to repeat drug traffickers: Narcotics control bureau
Proposed move comes four days after CM Nayab Singh Saini directed officials to draft a plan barring family members of repeat offenders, gangsters, from availing government benefits. Haryana State Narcotics Control Bureau (HSNCB) on Saturday urged the state government to withdraw all welfare scheme benefits from 860 identified habitual drug traffickers who are facing three or more cases under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act in the past 10 years. This recommendation, sent to the chief secretary on Saturday, is part of a multi-pronged strategy against drug menace currently being implemented by the bureau in coordination with the Haryana Police. Of the 860 identified traffickers, about 720 are out of jail at present. According to the HSNCB, the proposed action will not only strengthen the state's fight against drug abuse but also send a strong message of accountability and zero tolerance. The proposed move comes just four days after chief minister Nayab Singh Saini directed officials to draft a plan barring the family members of repeat offenders, gangsters involved in murder, and other heinous crimes, and those booked under the POCSO Act from availing government benefits. Expressing concern over the recurring nature of such crimes on May 20 in a meeting on law and order, the chief minister stressed the need for stringent measures to deter offenders. 'The battle against drugs cannot be won by the police alone. We need the public's support to identify and isolate those who poison our society,' said director general of police (DGP-HSNCB) OP Singh. 'The proposal to revoke welfare benefits aims to drive home the seriousness of the issue and discourage others from entering the drug trade. The government's welfare schemes are meant for those in need, and not for those who profit from spreading addiction and crime.' Describing these identified habitual drug offenders as 'enemies of society', the HSNCB has asked the government that 'it is essential' that the state's resources are not 'extended to support their lifestyles while they continue to engage in activities that destroy lives.' The HSNCB has stated that the exercise for identification, verification, and exclusion of these 860 individuals from beneficiary lists should be started and that necessary instructions be issued to concerned departments to examine the legal framework for implementing this proposal. The HSNCB has said that these identified individuals have continued to engage in drug trafficking despite repeated arrests and legal action. 'Their activities pose a grave threat to the future of our youth and the social fabric of our communities,' reads the HSNCB letter. Recently, the bureau had circulated to all field units a 'live, dynamic list of 860 high-profile drug smugglers' accompanied by strict orders for targeted enforcement. Orders were issued to detain repeat offenders under the Prevention of Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (PIT-NDPS) Act that allows preventive detention of up to one year without trial. Meanwhile, on Saturday while recommending that the benefits of all government welfare schemes be discontinued for these offenders, the HSNCB said: 'This step would serve as an additional layer of deterrence, reinforcing the message that repeated engagement in narcotic activities will result in severe social, legal, and financial consequences.' A senior official of the bureau said that this recommendation is one of several aggressive steps the Haryana Police have started to curb drug trafficking and protect the future of the state's youth. In the last three years, 87 high-profile traffickers have been detained for a year under the preventive detention provision of the PIT-NDPS Act, a law reserved for the most persistent offenders. As per HSNCB records, the authorities have also attached properties worth more than ₹55 crore belonging to over 100 known traffickers. 'These assets, often amassed through illegal drug profits, are being seized as part of a focused financial crackdown,' the official said, pointing out that illegal encroachments linked to drug traffickers are being identified and swiftly removed. 'The aim is to strip them not just of money, but of influence and physical territory as well. These individuals are enemies of society. They deserve no mercy,' said an official from the Bureau, emphasising the department's zero-tolerance approach.
Hindustan Times
21-05-2025
- Hindustan Times
NCB puts narcotics trafficker in preventive detention
MUMBAI: The Mumbai unit of the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) on Tuesday put an alleged city-based narcotics trafficker with international linkages in preventive detention as per provisions of the Prevention of Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (PIT-NDPS) Act. He was transferred from the Mumbai Central Jail in Arthur Road to Chennai's Puzhal Central Prison. The NCB has also frozen his assets worth ₹6.4 crore, suspected to be proceeds from his drug-trafficking activities. The trafficker, Faisal Javed Shaikh, is a resident of Dongri. An NCB official said Shaikh had allegedly gained notoriety as a key figure in the illicit narcotics trade. He is a repeat offender with three trafficking cases registered against him from 2017 to 2024. In 2017 and 2023, the law enforcement agencies allegedly recovered from him 68 grams and 20 kilograms of mephedrone respectively. In 2024, 940 grams of cocaine was recovered. The Mumbai police had invoked provisions of the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) against him in 2025. 'It necessitated his detention under the PIT-NDPS Act to disrupt his influence and operational network in Mumbai,' the official said. On March 26, 2025, the Joint Secretary (Prevention of Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances), Government of India, issued a detention order against him. 'The detention order exemplifies the NCB's commitment to successfully dismantle drug networks to accomplish the vision of a 'Drug Free India,' the NCB source said. .
