SATISH HANDA
Addressing media persons in his office, Haryana Home & Health Minister Anil Vij said, Haryana state government has launched a campaign against fast increasing drug smuggling all over in the state by seven teams of Haryana State Narcotic Control Bureau along with 442 police teams comprising of 3315 police personnel which has already conducted 1169 raids in the state in which police registered 98 FIRs under NDPS Act and arrested 100 persons involved in drug smuggling. Information reveals, drugs addiction among youths is fast increasing since past few years.
Vij said, maximum number of drug smuggling cases were registered in NCR area at Faridabad, Gurugram, Jhajjar and Sonepat districts. He said, Sirsa district in the state neighbouring Punjab leads in cases of smuggling and sale of drugs ranking at fifth position in the state as regard registration of maximum number of cases registered under NDPS Act in past one year. Vij said, state government has decided to take stern action against drug smugglers to continue till the same is completely wiped out from the state. Additional Chief Secretary State Home & Health Ministry Rajiv Arora was also present at the occasion.
Information reveals, as many as seven states in the country in North are fighting jointly against inter-state networks involved in smuggling and supply of drugs in Haryana, Punjab, Uttarkhand, Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan, Delhi and Chandigarh. Vij said governments in Jammu-Kashmir and U.P states too joining fight against drugs, whereas district level STF are being constituted in Haryana state to fight against drugs.
