Police seize 765 kg of narcotics in Haryana last year: State DGP

In Haryana, a large number of secret inputs were received from people about drug trafficking by the Inter-state Drug Secretariat during the year 2020, resulting in the seizure of 765 kg of narcotic substances and 36,761 tablets/capsules falling under the category of prohibited drugs.

While sharing the data on Tuesday, Director General of Police (DGP), Haryana, Manoj Yadava said that 286 public persons ‘fearlessly’ came forward and shared the information about illegal peddling and possession of drugs through toll-free number, mobile number and whatsapp account of the Inter-state Drug Secretariat.

Using this information, police have filed 35 cases between January and December 2020 under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act and seized a sizeable supply of drugs to the state.

The DGP said that the police seized 764 kg ganja, 208 gm heroin, 53 gm smack, 870 gm charas, 131 gm opium and 36,761 prohibited tablets from the possession of arrested accused. After getting a secret input about drug smuggling in Sirsa district, our teams immediately swung into action and recovered 27,600 intoxicating capsules and 8,000 prohibited tablets from the possession of arrested accused in the month of February 2020.

“Acting upon a similar input in Rohtak, police recovered 41 kg ganja in April whereas a whopping 619.45 kg ganja was seized in district Palwal in the month of July 2020. Relying on similar credible information, over 60 kg ganja was seized in district Jind in April, last year”, he added.

It is noteworthy that in an attempt to jointly tackle the drug menace in the country’s northern region, six states namely Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, Delhi and Union Territory Chandigarh had set up a centralised drug secretariat at Panchkula.