In compliance with the directions of Union Home Minister Amit Shah, the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) Ahmedabad zonal unit destroyed a total of 4,543.399 kg of seized narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances worth Rs 870 crore as part of a fortnight-long nation-wide exercise to dispose of intoxicants, officials said on Monday
Contrabands covered under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act were destroyed by incineration at Dahej in Bharuch district on January 25 as part of the Drug Disposal Fortnight from January 10 to 25, the NCB said in a release. Shah had launched the initiative during a conference on “Drug Trafficking and National Security” in New Delhi on January 11.
Among drugs and psychotropic substances destroyed were charas (3,185.685 kg), heroin (88.727 kg), methamphetamine (748.334 kg), mephedrone (0.332 kg), alprazolam (0.077 kg), lidocaine (1.078 kg), tramadol (500.310 kg) and amphetamine (18.404 kg), it said.
They were destroyed under the aegis of a high-level panel and the regular Drug Disposal Committee of the NCB, Ahmedabad zonal unit, the release said.
The initiative follows the directions of the Supreme Court in respect of a criminal appeal of 2012, the release added.