Dehradun, June 17 (IANS) The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) burnt a whopping 303 kilograms of narcotic drugs in its Dehradun incineration facility in Uttarakhand on Wednesday, seized during various anti-narcotics operations. The market value of the destroyed narcotics stood at Rs 236 crore.

The move reaffirms the drug law enforcement agency’s unwavering commitment towards a drug-free India, said the officials.

The huge cache of 303 kg of seized narcotic drugs that were destroyed during the drug destruction drive in Dehradun on Wednesday included Tramadol tablets, Alprazolam tablets and Charas, linked to 11 pre-trial and post-trial cases.

This large-scale disposal of narcotics underscores NCB’s intensified efforts to curb drug trafficking and prevent recirculation.

The country’s premier agency leading the fight against drug trafficking also urged citizens to report narcotics-related information through MANAS Helpline (Toll-Free: 1933), assuring them the identity of informers will be kept strictly confidential.

Notably, such drug disposal drives are carried out across the country, on regular occasions for strengthening its Nasha Mukt Bharat initiative.

In the last such drug destruction drive, NCB’s Bengaluru Unit destroyed 128.75 kg of seized narcotic substances, estimated at Rs 38 crore. The contraband included ganja, hydroponic ganja, cocaine, methamphetamine, MDMA and THC and disposal was carried out through incineration at a certified facility in Hoskote.

Meanwhile, the NCB has released a Voluntary Code of Conduct (VCC) for the chemical and pharmaceutical industry to prevent the diversion of precursor chemicals for illicit manufacture of narcotic drugs.

The anti-drug agency director, Director General Anurag Garg, speaking on the occasion, said that while enforcement agencies play a critical role in interdiction and investigation, the fight against synthetic drugs cannot be won through enforcement action alone.

He also released the Voluntary Code of Conduct (VCC) for the Chemical Industry, a guidance framework developed to encourage responsible chemical stewardship, strengthen supply-chain integrity and promote early detection and reporting of suspicious transactions.

He said that manufacturers, importers, exporters, distributors, transporters and traders dealing in chemicals are uniquely positioned to identify suspicious orders, unusual procurement patterns, abnormal consumption trends, attempts to conceal end-use information and other indicators of possible diversion.

–IANS

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