According to Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, between May 2021 and March of this year, the Assam Police arrested 8,724 people and confiscated drugs worth Rs 1,329 crore.
Data from the Assam government shows that during this time 5,246 cases have been reported and 759 vehicles have been seized by the police. Dr. Himanta Biswa Sarma tweeted, “Under the leadership of the Prime Minister and the Home Minister’s guidance, we will endeavour to create a drug-free India by 2047.
The state government data shows that from 2016 to February this year, 295.07 kilograms of heroin, 111789.7 kilograms of Ganja, 463.16 kilograms of opium, 9,46,412 cough syrup bottles, 19,812 kilograms of Yaba tablets, 3316 kg of poppy straw, 44.89 kg of morphine 14.04 kilograms of Methamphetamine, 1151 numbers of Fortwine Zocin injections, 1.64 kilograms of Cocaine, 8.37 kilograms of Crystalline seized in the state.