Assam CM Burns Drugs Worth Rs 163 Crore
Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma burns ? 163 Crore worth drugs in the state.
Ever since Himanta Biswa Sarma took charge as Chief Minister following the state elections earlier this year, the state police have stepped up its war on drugs. According to the Assam Police, 18.82 kg of heroin, 7944.72 kg cannabis, 67,371 bottles of cough syrup, 12,70,394 numbers of sedative tablets, 1.93 kg of morphine, 3 kg methamphetamine and 3,313 kg of opium have been seized over the past couple of months. The total value of the seized drugs was ? 163 crore. CM Sarma said, “Assam has a narcotics market worth ? 2000-Rs 3000 crore. The drugs arrested in the last 2 months are just 30% of the narcotics market.”
Inorder to show that Assam police have zero tolerance over drugs, the CM burnt all the drugs that was seized in the last two months.
The drugs were burnt at Diphu, Golaghat, Barhampur and Hajoi in Assam. Drugs usually enter India through Assam & Nagaland from Myanmar. Sarma said he has told the Assam police officers to be very strict with drug smugglers and catch as many as possible to stop the drug racket. This is because youth get addicted to drugs, destroy their families and cause many other social problems like rapes, murders, theft, etc.
