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Drugs worth ₹3,727 cr seized in Gujarat in last 2 years: Minister| India News

Drugs worth ₹3,727 cr seized in Gujarat in last 2 years: Minister| India News

Ahmedabad: The Gujarat government on Wednesday said drugs worth ₹3,727 crore were seized across the state in the last two years under its zero-tolerance policy against narcotics, with police also acting against properties and illegal constructions linked to drug traffickers. Representative image. Gujarat home minister Kaushik Vekariya told the Assembly that 1,647 cases were registered in the last two years and about 41,000 kg of drugs were seized with an estimated market value of ₹3,727 crore. Deputy CM Harsh Sanghvi said the state was pursuing the goal of a drug-free Gujarat through strict enforcement and sustained investigations. He said the Gujarat police carried out top-to-bottom investigations to trace drug networks to their roots and take action against all those involved. Sanghvi said properties worth ₹32.20 crore belonging to drug traffickers were seized in Kutch district. He said illegal structures linked to the drug trade were demolished, including structures raised on gauchar and government land in Jamnagar. He said the police, in coordination with forces of other states, dismantled inter-state drug networks, including those operated by …

Focus on dismantling high-level drug networks: DGP | Latest News India

Focus on dismantling high-level drug networks: DGP | Latest News India

Chandigarh, Punjab Police has shifted focus to dismantling high-level drug networks by targeting big fish, including drug suppliers and kingpins fuelling the narcotics trade in the state, said Director General of Police Gaurav Yadav here on Thursday. Focus on dismantling high-level drug networks: DGP “We are not stopping at street-level arrests of drug peddlers and smugglers,” said the DGP here. “Punjab Police teams are now rigorously questioning all the arrested drug peddlers and smugglers to trace and identify the big fish in the narcotics trade in the state,” he said. The development came close on the heels of the DGP Punjab directing all the Commissioners of Police and Senior Superintendents of Police to identify and catalogue the main drug suppliers in their respective districts within seven days. Yadav said the anti-drugs campaign ‘Yudh Nashian Virudh’ launched by the Punjab Government on March 1, 2025, has resulted in arrest of 4,142 drug smugglers after registration of 2,384 first information reports across the state and led to recovery of 146.3 kg heroin, 85.3 kg opium, 19.95 quintals …