Assam Drugs Guwahati: Guwahati police on Saturday organised a mass disposal of drugs when it burnt down 935 kg of drugs seized at Hatishila Daampara under Pragjyotishpur police station, outskirts of Guwahati.
Among the drugs destroyed, considerable amount of heroin, cannabis and raw methamphetamine were burnt.
More than 19 lakh meth tablets and more than 3.70 lakh bottles of cough syrup were disposed off by burning and destroyed.
These were collected through various raids and seizures in the recent past.
The pyre of drugs was lit by Harmeet Singh, Special DGP and Commissioner of Police, Guwahati along with Partha Sarathi Mahanta, Joint Commissioner of Police, Guwahati.
A plantation drive was also conducted on the occasion when the Commissioner of Police, JCP and other senior officials of the city police planted saplings as part of Chief Minister’s Institutional Plantation Programme.
The Deputy Commissioners of Police were also present on the occasion.
The mass destruction of drugs was celebrated as part of the Azadi Ka Amit Mahotsav.
Harmeet Singh, Commissioner of Police, said that - “The Chief Minister of Assam has given clear instruction to wage this war on drugs until it’s completely cleaned up. I want to take this opportunity to reaffirm our absolute commitment in the war on drugs and nobody related with drugs trade will be spared. Strong legal action shall be initiated against anyone indulging in drugs trade.”
(Reporting by Hemanta Kumar Nath)
Support Our Journalism
We cannot do without you.. your contribution supports unbiased journalism
IBNS is not driven by any ism- not wokeism, not racism, not skewed secularism, not hyper right-wing or left liberal ideals, nor by any hardline religious beliefs or hyper nationalism. We want to serve you good old objective news, as they are. We do not judge or preach. We let people decide for themselves. We only try to present factual and well-sourced news.
