KHUSHI SHAH – Mumbai Uncensored, 28th April 2022
Drug trafficking is one of the most serious problems for most countries all over the world. Unfortunately, this type of business is rather profitable, if not to consider that it is constantly related to murders, kidnapping, prostitution and other crimes.
The Malwani police on Wednesday arrested a 36-year-old man for allegedly peddling 750 gram of Mephedrone (MD) drugs worth Rs 1.12 crore in Malad (West). Incidentally, the accused was out on bail after being arrested in a similar case earlier this year.
India has been enduring the menace of drug trafficking for four decades. Although India has been a traditional consumer of
opium and cannabis derivatives, the trends and patterns of drug trafficking demonstrate that there is a gradual shift from
traditional/natural drugs towards synthetic drugs that are being trafficked and consumed in the country.
The accused Nigerian was also arrested in another drugs casse by the Tulinj police in Nalasopara in January this year and was out on bail. He was booked under the NDPS Act for carrying commercial quantities of drugs. Ogbonna was produced before a court and remanded to police custody for further investigation.
In order to make Mumbai drugs free, the police are carrying out raids at multiple places on a regular basis as per the instructions of the Police Commissioner of Delhi Sanjay Pandey.
Over the past years, India has adopted a comprehensive approach to reducing supply as well as demand for narcotics and drugs. The government has enacted legislations such as the Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act (NDPS), ensuring physical security of the borders and coasts by strengthening patrolling and surveillance.
Despite measures taken various turf wars between various agencies, corruption, intelligence failure, lack of manpower and infrastructure, poor drug detection training, and procedural delays are other factors that hamper the effectiveness of the country’s drug prevention efforts. India needs to pay more attention to the problem and formulates robust measures to overcome the loopholes in its strategy for prevention of drug trafficking.
