In a mega-drive against drug peddlers in the state, Haryana Government on Tuesday registered 98 FIRs under NDPS Act and arrested 100 people.
Haryana Home Minister Anil Vij said that a special drive was launched by the police against drug abuse across the state from 5 am on Tuesday. Till the evening, 100 people were arrested and 98 FIRs were registered under NDPS Act across the state, the Minister said while talking to the mediapersons here.
Giving details, Vij said that during the mega operation, 3315 police personnel in 442 teams raided 1169 places across Haryana. During these raids, 3.515 kg opium, 20.034 gms smack, 117.85 gms heroin, 13.911 kg poppy husk, 35.590 kg ganja and 20 injections were seized by police according to the reports received from different districts till the evening. Reports of some districts are still awaited, he said.
The total value of drug seizure is being calculated by the Department, he said while responding to a query.
When asked about the reasons behind the mega operation, the Home Minister said that this special campaign was launched to eradicate drug addiction from the state. The roadmap for this campaign was prepared in the recently held departmental meeting and the date of the campaign was decided by him on Monday, he said. Such campaigns would continue in the future as well and if needed, more strict steps would also be taken, Vij added.
Till the filing of this news report, the reports related to the mega drive from Narnaul, Panchkula and Palwal districts were awaited.
Following the campaign, a maximum of 15 FIRs under NDPS Act were registered in Faridabad district followed by 12 FIRs in Gurugram and 11 FIRs each in Sonipat and Jhajjar. 9 FIRs were registered in Sirsa, five each in Dadri, Fatehabad, Rohtak, four each in Hisar, Hansi among other places. As far as drug seizure is concerned, in Faridabad, a maximum quantity of 16.37 kg ganja was seized while in Gurugram, 6.049 kg ganja was seized. 11.3 kg of poppy husk was seized in Sirsa while 2.2 kg of opium was seized in Jind.
16 people were arrested in Faridabad, 12 in Gurugram, 11 each in Jhajjar and Sonipat, 10 in Sirsa, six in Karnal, five each in Rohtak, Hisar, Fatehabad, four in Hansi, three in Panipat, two in Kurukshetra, one each in Jind and Nuh.