Calling the illegal narcotics trade a global issue, Union home minister Amit Shah on Sunday said that the new strategy, based on four principles of ‘drug detection, network destruction, culprit detention and addict rehabilitation’, would effectively combat the drug menace in the country. Inaugurating the zonal office of the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) at Raipur virtually, Mr Shah said that the narcotics trafficking has become a global issue and several countries have already lost the battle against the drug menace. “But, we can fight the menace successfully with determination and strategy.
There is a need to adopt four principles of ‘drug detection, network destruction, culprit detention and addict rehabilitation’ to achieve success (in the battle against drug trafficking)”, he said. Mr Shah said that “Prime Minister Narendra Modi has pledged to make the country drug-free in 2047, the centenary year of the country’s independence. I believe the resolution of a drug-free India is very important in building a prosperous, safe and glorious India”.
Illegal narcotics trade is not a challenge to India merely, it is a global menace, he added. Stating that illicit narcotics trade in the country severely impaired nation’s security, he said that the drug money is funding Naxalism and terrorism and also weakening the country's economy. The Union minister indicated the Centre’s plan to establish branches of NCB in every state to end the drug menace with the cooper.
