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Over 60,000 kg drugs seized in U.P. in 4 years
Hindustan Times Lucknow
|December 29, 2024
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LUCKNOW: Over 60,000 kg of narcotics, drugs and psychotropic substances (NDPS), including marijuana, charas, opium as well as different types of synthetic drugs worth around Rs 450 crore, have been seized by Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB)-Lucknow unit since 2020, NCB officials said.
The figure is an indicator of the market for NDPS in Uttar Pradesh, including the state capital, the officials said.
A senior NCB official said 17,834 kilogram of drugs items were seized in 2020, 33,948.153 kilogram in 2021, 6024.916 kilogram in 2022, 1222.736 kg in 2023 and 900 kilogram in 2024.
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