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| From Jan to June 2023, law enforcing agencies recover 4 tons of narcotics in J&K | | |
Early Times Report
Jammu, July 18: During the last six months nearly four tons of narcotics have been recovered in Jammu and Kashmir as authorities have launched an aggressive campaign against narco-terrorism.
During the 6th UT Level NCORD meeting Special DGP Crime AK Chaudhary shared the recovery of narcotics this year.
While giving details of the performance registered by the Department in rooting out this menace the Special DGP, Crime, gave out that a total of 1850 cases were registered in 2022 arresting 2756 involved persons and registration of 1410 cases till June this year thereby arresting 2068 persons named in the FIRs.
It was further given out that this year 251.42 Kgs of Charas, 124.47 Kgs of Heroin/Brown Sugar, 92.24 Kgs of Ganja, 3374.69 Kgs of Fuki/Poppy straw, 105588 Caps/Tabs/Injections/Bottles of contraband substances were seized under the NDPS Act up to June 2023.
Moreover, it was revealed that in order to plug any loopholes on the part of the administration action has been taken against IOs/prosecution in NDPS cases which have been dismissed by the trial courts for any shortcomings /discrepancies during the investigation. A total of 95 cases from UT have been identified so far out of which 74 have been referred to ADGP Jammu and 21 were referred to ADGP Kashmir for taking action against erring officials.
Meanwhile, Chief Secretary, Dr. Arun Kumar Mehta remarked that the Districts, Municipalities, and Panchayats registering outstanding performance in dealing with narcotics would be suitably rewarded by the UT Administration.
The Chief Secretary made these remarks while chairing the 6th UT Level NCORD meeting attended by ACS, Home; Special DG, CID; Special DG, Crime; Principal Secretary, Forest; Principal Secretary, Education; ADGP, Kashmir/Jammu, Commissioner Secretary, RDD; Divisional Commissioner Kashmir/Jammu; DG Prosecution, Deputy Commissioners, District SPs besides other officers of the concerned departments.
During the meeting, Dr Mehta impressed upon the officers to take all the measures to eradicate the evil in its entirety. He asked them to put a foolproof system in place to convert most of the arrests into convictions. He told them to gradually increase the sanitized areas free from drugs and declare them as ‘Drug-Free’ after due assessment. |
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