NEW DELHI: Union home minister Amit Shah is set to launch the ‘Drug Disposal Fortnight‘, which will see the destruction of seized narcotics worth over Rs 2,400 crore in the international market. This massive drug disposal effort is part of the govt’s zero-tolerance policy towards drug trafficking.
Shah will chair a regional conference on ‘Drug Trafficking and National Security’ here on Saturday. The conference, organised by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), aims at addressing the growing concern of drug trafficking and its impact on national security, with a special focus on eight states and UTs in north India, officials said.
During the event, Shah will launch the ‘Drug Disposal Fortnight’, during which 44,792 kg of seized narcotics worth over Rs 2,411 crore will be disposed. He will also inaugurate the new office complex of NCB’s Bhopal zonal unit and extend the MANAS-2 helpline to all states and UTs.
A home ministry official said, “The conference will focus on sharing real-time information from National Narcotics Helpline ‘MANAS’ portal with anti-narcotics task forces of states and UTs, evaluating the progress of states in combating drug trafficking, and assessing the effectiveness of narcotics coordination mechanism.”
The conference will be attended by Governors, LGs, CMs, and senior officers from states and UTs, and law enforcement agencies.
