Rakesh Asthana says that the agency is going to be relentless in its pursuit of the Rhea Chakraborty case till it reaches the root of the illicit drugracket
The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), in the headlines for the Rhea Chakraborty case, is cracking down on the drug mafia. NCB Director General Rakesh Asthana, a 1984-batch Gujarat cadre IPS officer, tells Outlook that investigations into the Rhea case show that it is just the tip of the iceberg. It could lead the agency to an international network that could have links to Dubai, and even to terror groups.
The NCB does not believe that Rhea바카라s case is a small one, involving only 59-gramme marijuana. According to the agency, it could unravel a systematic racket of drug trafficking as questioning of suspects and investigations are leading to more links in the complicated chain. 바카라Also, people like Rhea are role models and youngsters look up to them. They cannot be condoned. We have to make examples out of them to send a message of deterrence to others,바카라 says Asthana.
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About questioning others in Bollywood, the agency says it is in the process of collecting evidence. 바카라Only after that shall we will go for the big guns. I can assure you, we will be relentless. We have to get to the root of the issue. The goal is to make 바카라nasha-mukt바카라 Bharat--a drug-free India,바카라 the NCB chief adds.
Use of illicit drugs seems to have become a common phenomenon in the country. The agency says that it is a complicated social issue. With big bucks involved, cartels thrive on it. 바카라Drugs are procured for rave parties and money goes to cartels and used for narco-terror. Consider the figures: the curated marijuana 바카라bud바카라 costs Rs 8 lakh per kg. One kg of heroin costs Rs 1 crore, with 0.5 gram costing Rs 1,500, and the estimated level of consumption is one tonne per day,바카라 the officer explains.
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One big reason for easy availability of drugs in the country is its geographical location. Sandwiched between the Golden Crescent and the Golden Triangle, that makes India both a transit point and a destination for illicit drugs. As much as 95 per cent of world바카라s heroin originates in the poppy fields of Afghanistan and Myanmar.
NCB officials say that the drug market is big in India due to the sheer volume of the population. There are cartels that try to push drugs into the country, mostly using land and maritime routes. 바카라Some of our not-so-friendly neighbours are working hand-in-hand with the big cartels. Rebel provinces of Shan and Kachin (both share borders with China too) are the hub of manufacturing heroin and 바카라Yaba바카라 tablets. Chemical precursors used are smuggled from China and also from India. The finished product also finds its way back into India. Cocaine lands on the west coast from Canada and US via Brazil and Dubai,바카라 says the officer. According to the agency, they have identified top 100 drug mafias operating in the country and investigations are in progress. The Kasargod network is one of them.
NCB is the nodal agency for enforcement of drug laws, and attack the supply side. It is a small agency that is supposed to coordinate with other security and enforcement agencies, both of the states and the Centre. 바카라We have done several seizures across the country including in Delhi, Mumbai, Manipur and Mizoram through coordination with the other agencies via NCORD (Narcotics Coordination), an agency that was revamped in 2019. We eliminate illicit poppy and cannabis fields. We are working in conjunction with other agencies and countries,바카라 DG Asthana adds.
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