Manipur Government’s Operation Against Drugs
Manipur government’s operation against drugs ‘War on Drugs 2.0’, drugs worth Rs 142 crore seized within 70 days.
For a long time, the India-Myanmar border, about 400 km long, has remained a challenge for India’s security agencies.
The challenge is because the entire border is such that movement can be done from anywhere across. This quality was making Manipur a part of the golden triangle of the infamous drug supply in the world.
The difficulty of Manipur is that the political instability in neighboring countries and the open operation of the drug mafia at the international level have increased the menace of drugs in the state.
Organized drug mafia send narcotics like heroin, ganja, opium, synthetic drug crystals methamphetamine, pseudoephedrine, and WY tablets to other parts of India through Manipur.
The Ministry of Home Affairs of the Central Government has also admitted that the menace of drugs is increasing in the country and youth are becoming victims of it.
That is why the Home Ministry has also given top priority to the war against drugs.
Therefore, in the Far East, the Manipur government has declared an open war against drugs, which Chief Minister N Biren Singh has named War on Drugs 2.0.
CM Biren Singh has made it a part of the agenda of the first 100 days of his second term.
This time the government has started the war against drugs in a new avatar and has constituted the Anti-Narcotics Task Force.
In this war, strategies have been made at many levels to stop drugs every level, and legal, social, human resources, and technical aspects are being used to stop the menace of drugs.
Manipur government’s operation against drugs: Drug mafia supply route closed.
The strictness of the Manipur government is being tightened on all routes of supply of drugs.
GPS-equipped vehicles for 24-hour highway patrolling have been installed on the sensitive National Highway-2.
It has been started as a pilot project in the Senapati and Kangpokpi districts of Manipur. An ambitious work has also started on the State Highway Security Scheme.
Under this, preparations are on to not give any chance to the drug mafia on the 3 main national highways NH-2, NH-102, and NH-37 connecting Manipur to Myanmar, Assam, and Nagaland.
Under this scheme, it will be difficult for the drug mafia to use Manipur as a transit route.
After the continuous efforts of the state government, crack down on illegal drug trafficking has started in Manipur and a huge quantity of drugs have been recovered.
In the last five years, so many drugs have been seized whose value in the international market is being estimated at Rs 3,213 crore.
A total of 1674 cases have been registered under the NDPS Act and 2104 paddlers have been arrested.
Apart from this, the police have also seized 170 kg heroin powder, 1265 kg opium, 520 kg brown sugar, 725 synthetic drugs, 16 lakh psychotropic tablets, and 63000 bottles of drug syrup.
The Manipur government and the police force have not stopped there. On 13894 acres of illegal opium cultivation and 20 acres of ganja being grown, the entire crop has been destroyed.
