Union Home Minister Amit Shah reaffirmed the Centre’s commitment to eliminating drug trafficking. 29 drug traffickers have been convicted in 12 different cases across the country. Shah: \”The Modi government is unsparing in punishing drug traffickers who drag our youth into the dark abyss of addiction for the greed of money\” In Punjab, a massive statewide operation against drug traffickers led to the arrest of 290 smugglers, with over 750 locations raided and 232 FIRs registered. In Himachal Pradesh, Chief Minister Sukhvinder Sukhu has launched a six-month-long special mission to dismantle drug networks. He has directed the police to take stringent action against drug peddlers and formed a Special Task Force to intensify the crackdown. In Manipur, Shah declared that drug cartels would be completely dismantled to establish a drug-free Manipur. In Delhi, he chaired a high-level meeting in Delhi, attended by Chief Minister Rekha Gupta and Minister Ashish Sood, where he ordered a crackdown on the narcotics trade in the national capital.
