Crime

16,000 kg drugs seized by Delhi Police destroyed

Lieutenant Governor V.K. Saxena inaugurated the programme where the drugs seized by the Crime Branch and Special Cell were destroyed

By PTI
Bundles of drugs were arranged prior to destroying them at an incinerator by Delhi Police under the Centre's 'Nasha Mukt Bharat Abhiyan', at Amritapuri, Nilothi Village, on December 21, 2022. (photo: Getty Images)
Bundles of drugs were arranged prior to destroying them at an incinerator by Delhi Police under the Centre's 'Nasha Mukt Bharat Abhiyan', at Amritapuri, Nilothi Village, on December 21, 2022. (photo: Getty Images) 

About 16,000 kilograms of drugs and other psychotropic substances seized by the Delhi Police were destroyed in the northwestern part of the city on the International Day Against Drug Abuse on Monday, June 26, officials said.

Lieutenant Governor V.K. Saxena inaugurated a programme at Biotic Waste Solutions Pvt Ltd in the RU Nagar Industrial area, GTK Road, where the drugs seized by the Crime Branch and Special Cell were destroyed, an official statement said.

The programme was attended by Delhi Police Commissioner Sanjay Arora and other officers of city police, it added.

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