Bhubaneswar: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday virtually inaugurated the newly-constructed office building of the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) in Bhubaneswar.
“A total of more than 1,44,000 kg of drugs have been destroyed today. For this I thank all the states and NCB as we have been able to destroy drugs worth Rs 2,378 crore through this campaign,” said Union Home Minister Amit Shah.
According to Shah, a total of 1,250 cases were registered in 2006-13 and till 2014-23, 3,700 cases have been registered. Earlier 1.52 lakh kg of drugs were seized and today it is 3.94 lakh kg which shows an increase of 160%, he said.
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