Ministry of Home Affairs
DISPOSAL OF NARCOTICS SEIZED BY NCB
Posted On:
07 AUG 2024 4:50PM by PIB Delhi
Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has published a guidance booklet encompassing all the legal provisions as well as judgments of Hon'ble Supreme Court and High Courts relating to disposal of drugs and other seized items. The same has been uploaded at Narco Coordination (NCORD) portal for easy access by the Drug Law Enforcement Agencies (DLEAs).
Quantum of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances disposed during the last three years as reported by various DLEAs to NCB is as under:
|
Year
|
Qty
(in Kg)
|
Bottles
(in pieces)
|
Tablets (in pieces)
|
Injections (in ampules)
|
Total Approx. Qty. in Kg
|
|
2021
|
131294
|
95222
|
4178623
|
6192
|
139597
|
|
2022
|
755091
|
1287175
|
20922799
|
46387
|
865547
|
|
2023
|
634604
|
1496399
|
4342987
|
3367
|
762015
|
Source: NCB
The year-wise destruction of illegal cultivation of Cannabis (Ganja) and Opium during last three years as reported by various DLEAs to NCB is as under:
|
Crop
|
2021
(in acre)
|
2022
(in acre)
|
2023
(in acre)
|
|
Opium
|
11,027
|
13,796
|
31,786
|
|
Cannabis
|
34,866
|
26,266
|
22,507
|
Source: NCB
This was stated by the Minister of State for Home Affairs, Shri Nityanand Rai in a written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha.
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