Highlighting centre's efforts in combating drug menace in the country, Union home ministry stated that the seized drugs during the Modi government were thirty times as compared to the previous government from 2016-2013.
"We caught a person and recovered 30 soap boxes and four leather bags containing heroin weighing 4.765 kg from his possession. The market value of the seized drugs is estimated at around Rs 24 crore," ASP Subrata Sen said.
The Mumbai Police Crime Branch has arrested two drug peddlers from the Agripada area in Maharashtra's Mumbai and seized drugs worth Rs 58 lakh, said the police on Sunday.
The Mumbai police on Thursday arrested two suspects and seized 503 grams of MD drugs worth Rs 1.18 crore from a drug factory in the Lalji Pada slum area of the city.
During the period of the last two and half years, from May 10, 2021, to October 30 this year, drugs worth Rs 1794.05 crore have been seized across the state.
In a joint operation with Assam Police, the Border Security Force (BSF) has recovered and seized drugs worth Rs 26 crore, an official statement said on Friday.
The Anti-Narcotics Cell of Azad Maidan unit in Mumbai arrested arrested four drug peddlers and seized drugs worth over Rs 1 crore from their possession, officials said on Friday.
In an interview with ANI, the DG said, "Apart from guarding the border, the Assam Rifles has continued its operations against illegal drugs and illegal weapons and has seized drugs worth Rs 4,267 crore in the last four years."
During the raids, sleuths recovered over 56 kgs of drugs worth Rs 40 crores. "The cost of the seized drugs recovered from the possession of the arrest accused persons is estimated to be Rs 40 crore in the international market," the sleuths of the special cell said.