Consumption of drugs and illegal liquor has increased in the Gurugram disrtict. Police have registered a total of 1,926 cases under the Excise Act in the past six months.
According to the data compiled by the Gurugram police, six thousand bottles of liquor and 538 kilograms of cannabis (ganja) have also been recovered by the Gurugram police in the same duration. Also, 65 people have been arrested under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act till July 23.
According to the police, the residents of Gurugram allegedly take different types of objectionable substances like cannabis, marijuana and flavored hukka. However, the police have nabbed a couple of people who were involved in trafficking of drugs but they are unaware of where the material is being supplied in the city.
Recently the city police had arrested two persons including a woman and recovered around 250 kilograms of marijuana from their possession. At that time the Gurugram Police had claimed that the arrested man was posted in Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) as a constable and he smuggled the contraband from several parts of Uttar Pradesh (UP).
Moreover, the district had lodged around 230 cases of illegal liquor sale and recovered Six thousand bottles of liquor including English wines from the culprits. The city police had also filed 59 cases of NDPS Act and nabbed 65 persons who used to sale Ganja and Sulfa illegally.
"Trafficking of drugs was one of our main focuses. We perceive it as narco-terrorism. It was a team effort which resulted in these arrests. Also, we are getting a full support of Special Task Force (STF) of the Haryana police. The force has also arrested several accused who were involved in trafficking of drugs," said Subhash Boken, spokesperson Gurugram police.
Police sources suspect that most of these drugs are coming from areas of Uttar Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan.
"The department is making an effort to connect all backward and forward links to unearth the entire chain of supply and mode of trafficking, end users and source of origin of drugs,” Boken, said.
Earlier in March, the Gurugram police seized 366 kilograms of Ganja in Pataudi area and in the previous year, the Gurugram police were successful in capturing 480 kilograms of Cannabis that was being transported in the truck along with some construction materials.