29 Offenders Convicted in Drug Trafficking Cases This Year: Shah

Union home minister Amit Shah on Sunday said 29 drug traffickers were convicted by different courts in 12 cases so far this year and reiterated that the Centre is unsparing in punishing such offenders as part of the government's zero tolerance policy against narcotics.

- HT Correspondent

NEW DELHI:

The conviction orders by different courts in cases of the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) across the country happened in the first two months of this year, with punishment ranging from one year to 15 years behind bars. In at least two different cases, five men were sentenced to 15 years. The cases were busted by the NCB between 2018 and 2024.

The cases include last year's case of a man from Jharkhand arrested on January 4, 2024, who was sentenced to 11 years' imprisonment on February 21 this year.