Bhopal, June 29 (IANS) The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) is holding a three-day training programme on investigation of cases under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985, beginning Monday, June 29, at the Central Academy for Police Training here.

The event is hosting 26 NCB officers who will participate in an intensive training course on probing such cases, including financial investigations, according to the agency’s social media post on ‘X’. The programme is designed to enhance officers’ investigative skills to strengthen enforcement against drug trafficking and dismantle narco-financing networks, it added.

The NDPS Act came into effect on November 14, 1985, with provisions for constituting a Central Authority to exercise the powers and functions of the Central government. It was under its provisions that the NCB was constituted on March 17, 1986.

Capacity building initiative is a structured effort to strengthen the skills, resources, and systems of individuals and organisations to enhance their effectiveness, sustainability, and ability to adapt to change.

Aligned with the National Roadmap on Narcotics Control, NCB’s capacity-building initiative aims to reinforce its commitment to realising the vision of a Drug-Free India.

Incidentally, Union Home Minister Amit Shah articulated that vision while launching the Roadmap for Narcotics Control at the 10th apex-level meeting of the Narco-Coordination Centre (NCORD) in New Delhi last week.

The comprehensive vision document intends to strengthen the country’s fight against narcotics. It lays out a roadmap that includes dismantling 100 major drug cartels, following the money trail, tightening control on the diversion of pharmaceutical drugs, and expanding de-addiction services.

–IANS

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