On Friday, the Nagaland Police informed of seizing drugs worth over 30 crores within three months.

Continuing with the State Government’s “War against Drugs’, the Narcotic Police Station, PHQ, along with other Police stations in the state of Nagaland has made seizures of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances worth Rs. 30,05,21,600/- (thirty crores five lakh twenty one thousand six hundred) during the period ‘July 2024 up to September 2024’.

In this connection, the Narcotic Police station has registered 4 (four) NDPS cases, while 4 cases were handed over registered at Khuzama Police Station, Kohima, and Medziphema, Chümoukedima leading to arrest of 23 persons (Male-17, female-6).

Nagaland Police has also been able to provide vital assistance and inputs to Karnataka Police leading to successful interception of commercial quantities of drug consignments and arrests of wanted drug smugglers enroute. The drugs were being trafficked from Manipur to Karnataka by air and one such module has been cracked.

In another major development, on the request of West Bengal police, Nagaland Police has apprehended a notorious trafficker who is involved in 5-6 known cases of trafficking of ‘Yaba’ and ‘World is Yours’ tablets from Nagaland to various parts of West Bengal.

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A summary of the achievements of Nagaland Police are as follows:

“Numerous people have come forward to help police with inputs to help catch drugs and traffickers. Nagaland Police will now endeavour to seize the properties and assets of drug traffickers and their associates,” stated the Nagaland Police.

Nagaland Police has further sought the support of the general public, Civil Society Organizations, and appealed to provide information regarding sale of any form of narcotic drugs to the nearest police station or the Narcotic Police Station, Police Headquarters or through the “MADEIN’ mobile App. The identity of the informant shall be kept confidential.