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Ahmedabad,
If we consider all types of drug addiction, it is estimated that 9 to 10 crore people in India are addicted to drugs. As drug addiction has become glamorized and has become a favourite among the rich, it can be estimated that 50 lakh people in 5% of the country and 1 crore people in 10% of the country are addicted to drugs. It is not possible for such a large quantity of drugs to come to India without anyone’s cooperation. Which is a threat to Gujarat.
According to an estimate, about eight and a half lakh people in India inject drugs.
According to the National Institute of Social Defense (NISD) of India, about 3.1 crore people consume marijuana, while 72 lakh people are addicted to marijuana.
A total of 2.06 percent of India has opioid users and about 0.55 percent or about 60 lakh people need treatment services.
According to the NISD survey, 1.18 crore people in India use non-medical sedative drugs and about 18 lakh children snore.
Why does the action not break the drug network? How does one smuggle drugs across India’s borders?
The amount of drugs seized is unprecedented. The police have definitely got success, but the question is how can such a drug network run so easily in India? No big mastermind has been caught yet.
The demand for drugs is also increasing in the Indian market and so is its supply. There is a lot of money in this business. The drug smuggling network has become more organized.
In October 2024, drugs worth Rs. 13,000 crore have been seized in Delhi and Gujarat. In which 5 thousand crores have been caught from Ankleshwar.
518 kg cocaine seized from Ankleshwar’s Avkar Drugs Company
In a joint operation, the Special Branch of Delhi Police and Gujarat Police on Saturday seized 518 kg of heroin from Ankleshwar in Bharuch district of Gujarat. The price of this quantity in the international market could be Rs. 5,000 crore. Five people were also arrested.
Delhi Police and Gujarat Police seized 1289 kg of heroin and 40 kg of high grade hydroponic cannabis. The price of these drugs in the international market is around Rs 20 lakh. 13,000 crore.
On October 10, 2024, Delhi Police seized 208 kg of cocaine kept in 20 packets of namkeen from a shop in Ramesh Nagar, West Delhi. Its price in the international market is around Rs 20 lakh. 2,000 crore was estimated. The delivery was next.
On October 1, 2024, 562 kg of heroin and 40 kg of ganja were also seized from a warehouse in Mahipalpur. It came from Thailand. In the same drug racket, the drugs seized from Bharuch in Gujarat were also connected to it.
The name of the warehouse owner was Tushar Goyal. Tushar Goyal is the biggest drug smuggler.
The seizure of Welcome drugs in Ankleshwar was the biggest seizure ever in Gujarat. Rs. 21 thousand crores were seized from Adani’s Mundara port. This amount was more than the amount of 21 thousand crores seized and withdrawn. The factory spread over an area of 2500 yards had the capacity to produce 25 kg of MD drugs per day.
The police received information that an international drug cartel is active in Delhi. Jitendra alias Jassi was arrested by Delhi Police from Amritsar Airport.
All the proceedings are linked to the same drug cartel and some of the suspects involved in it are out of the country.
Shishpal Shivkand, a researcher at the Department of Sociology, Punjab University and associated with anti-drug campaigns, has done several researches. Compared to earlier, drugs are very easily available in the market today. (Google translation from Gujarati)
