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New Delhi: Fulfilling Prime Minister Modi’s ‘zero tolerance’ policy, Delhi Police on Tuesday scrapped drugs worth about Rs 1600 crore in the presence of Lieutenant Governor (LG) VK Saxena and Commissioner of Police (CP) Sanjay Arora. The narcotics were destroyed as per procedure in the incinerator located at SSI Industrial Area near Jahangirpuri.
As per the police, over 10631 kg of illegal drugs worth around Rs 1600 crore, which consisted of ganja, heroin, charas, cocaine, doda post and psychotropic substance along with others that seized by Delhi Police in the national capital between 2009 and 2023 were destroyed during the event.
In a post on ‘X,’ LG Vinai Kumar Saxena said, “Set in motion the destruction of over 10 tonnes of drugs and contrabands worth ₹ 1600 crore, seized by Delhi Police in the National Capital between 2009 and 2023. This marks a big stride towards making a “Nasha Mukt Bharat”, as envisioned by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.”
LG Saxena complimented Delhi Police for the sustained crackdown and appealed to the youth to stand firm against the drug menace.
He further said, “This is the 3rd tranche of drugs being destroyed in Delhi in just 14 months; previously 2888 kg in Dec 2022 and 15,700 kg tonnes in June 2023. I compliment Delhi Police for the sustained crackdown and appeal to the youth to stand firm against the drug menace.”.
Various committees were formed by the Delhi Police as per guidelines to destroy the illegal drugs recovered from the drug smugglers in the cases registered between 2009 to 2023.
The senior police official said that to crackdown on drugs, various operations and campaigns are being run by the districts and units of Delhi Police. To eradicate the drug menace from the society, all concerned have been directed to take strong effective action against the narco-offenders.
