GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

RAJYA SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1501

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 4TH MARCH, 2020/ PHALGUNA 14, 1941 (SAKA)

DRUG TRAFFICKING CASES IN THE COUNTRY

1501. SHRI BHASKAR RAO NEKKANTI:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a) the number of cases registered for drug trafficking in the country
during the last year along with the percentage of Indian nationals and
foreign nationals involved in the said cases;

(b) the number of persons apprehended in this connection and the

quantum of drugs seized during last year, border-wise;

(c) whether all international borders are considered as the safest

gateways for smuggling drugs into the country;

(d) if so, the details thereof; and

(e) the measures adopted by Government to curb drug smuggling in the

country?

ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

(SHRI G. KISHAN REDDY)

(a): In year 2019, 35945 drug cases have been registered in India. A total

of 46768 persons were arrested in the year 2019;

Indian- 46423 (99.26%) Foreigners - 345 (0.74%)

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(b): NCB does not maintain data of persons apprehended & drug seized

border wise. However, the data related to persons arrested and drug

seized in States sharing the international borders is enclosed at

Annexure 'A'.

(c) & (d): International borders are more susceptible to trafficking of

certain drugs into country as shown below:

 International border along Indo-Pakistan - highly susceptible to

opiates trafficking.

 International border along Indo-Nepal- highly susceptible to

Cannabis trafficking.

 Indo-Myanmar- highly susceptible to Amphetamine Type Stimulant

(ATS), Methamphetamine and Heroin Trafficking.

(e): Government of India has taken various measures and steps to

combat drug trafficking in the country:-

 For coordination among various Central and State Agencies, the Narco

Coordination Centre (NCORD) mechanism was set up by Ministry of

Home Affairs (MHA) in the year 2016 to conduct regular meetings with

these agencies for effective Drug Law Enforcement. This NCORD

system has been restructured into 4 tiers up to district level by MHA on

29 July 2019 for better coordination and cooperation.

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 To monitor the investigation of large seizure cases, a Joint

Coordination Committee (JCC) with DG, NCB as its Chairman has been

set up by Govt. of India on 19 July 2019.

 Financial assistance under the scheme Assistance to States for

Narcotics Control is being provided by MHA to eligible States for

strengthening their narcotic units.

 To keep check at the land and sea borders, Border Security Force,

Sashastra Seema Bal and Indian Coast Guard have been empowered

under the Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985

(NDPS) for making interdiction of narcotic drugs in remotest and far-

flung areas of the Country.

 Illicit cultivation is being addressed through use of satellite imagery

and subsequent destruction of such crops in coordination with the

States.

 As a part of International co-operation, India has signed 26 Bilateral

Agreements, 15 Memoranda of Understanding and, 02 Agreements on

Security Cooperation with different countries for combating illicit

trafficking of NDPS and Chemical Precursors as well as related

offences.
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 NCB also co-ordinates with various international organisations such as

SAARC Drug Offences Monitoring Desk (SDOMD), Brazil, Russia, India,

China and South Africa (BRICS), Colombo Plan, Association of South

East Asian Nations (ASEAN), ASEAN Senior Officials on Drug Matters

(ASOD), Bay of Bengal Initiative For Multi-Sectoral Technical and

Economic Co-operation (BIMSTEC), United Nations Office on Drugs and

Crime (UNODC), International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) etc for

sharing information and intelligence to combat trans-national drug

trafficking.

 NCB also liaises with various Drug Liaison Officers of other countries

such as Drug Enforcement Agency of United States of America,

National Crime Agency of United Kingdom etc for operational

information.

 NCB organizes International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit

Trafficking on 26th June every year all over the country to spread

awareness among the general public/students about the ill effects of

drug abuse and drug trafficking.

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 ANNEXURE – A/1
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Seizures effected in bordering states of India for the 2019*
Qty in Kg
METHAQU TABLETS TABLETS
CBCS^
ACETICANH COCAI EPHED HASHI ALONE POPPY INJECTIOS OF ALL OF ALL
ATS GANJA HEROIN KETAMINE MORPHINE OPIUM (NO, OF
YDRIDE NE RINE SH (MANDRAX STRAW (NOS.) TYPES IN TYPE IN
BOTTELS)
) KGS NO.
Qty 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 89.46 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 0 528 0.00 9442
ANDAMAN &
Cases 0 0 0 0 89 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 6
NICOBAR
Arrests 0 0 0 0 113 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 7
Qty 0.00 0.00 1.04 1.01 63979.29 0.00 0.00 477.00 0.00 0.00 4.00 0 160 0 9.92 498
ANDHRA
Cases 0 0 1 1 709 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1
PRADESH
Arrests 0 0 0 7 1809 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0
Qty 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 1639.94 0.00 1.41 0.00 0.00 0.00 28.64 0 0 0 0.00 742
ARUNACHAL
Cases 0 0 0 0 31 0 57 0 0 0 36 0 0 0 0 1
PRADESH
Arrests 0 0 0 0 34 0 105 0 0 0 49 0 0 0 0 2
Qty 0.00 2.33 0.00 0.00 9591.99 0.00 24.96 2.00 0.00 16.81 25.48 1260 451 57103 58.94 1383263
ASSAM Cases 0 3 0 0 203 0 247 1 0 5 11 1 2 80 22 202
Arrests 0 8 0 0 259 0 426 1 0 3 17 3 3 106 27 315
Qty 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 6582.43 50.80 0.64 0.00 0.00 0.00 7.50 1462.7 0 0 0.00 20
BIHAR Cases 0 0 0 0 65 3 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
Arrests 0 0 0 0 130 5 1 0 0 0 2 4 0 0 0 0
Qty 0.00 0.77 1.44 0.07 74.72 8.94 0.07 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 0 69 0.02 0
GOA Cases 0 0 17 1 139 20 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0
Arrests 0 0 19 1 142 20 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0
6317.653
Qty 0.00 0.02 0.00 0.00 9393.26 88.38 102.15 0.00 0.00 0.00 674.50 0 1970 0.00 930
9
GUJARAT
Cases 0 1 2 0 240 14 5 0 0 1 12 22 0 3 0 5
Arrests 0 2 6 0 327 38 14 0 0 2 15 42 0 4 0 3
Qty 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 13.23 285.64 7.11 0.00 0.00 0.00 10.96 1338.544 5 9757 0.00 121083
HIMACHAL
Cases 0 0 0 0 12 489 534 0 0 0 39 66 1 6 0 62
PRADESH
Arrests 0 0 0 0 15 657 806 0 0 0 51 73 1 12 0 62
16423.24
Qty 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 219.69 500.78 80.41 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.40 4201 34932 0.00 189715
JAMMU & 3
KASHMIR Cases 0 0 0 0 32 201 323 0 0 0 5 231 12 57 0 113
Arrests 0 0 0 0 39 284 513 0 0 0 8 314 18 90 0 158
Qty 0.00 1.81 0.43 0.00 313.88 26.10 0.00 51.31 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 0.00 4586
KARNATAKA Cases 0 0 1 0 4 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Arrests 0 0 4 0 7 11 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Qty 0.00 1.33 0.00 0.00 1257.69 4.72 0.31 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 1.36 1908
KERALA Cases 0 7 2 0 4416 18 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 26
Arrests 0 9 2 0 4871 20 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 34
Qty 0.00 7.96 23.25 105.13 9084.81 54.96 3.53 0.00 2.21 75.74 632.08 0 0 12222 0.05 14990
MAHARASHT
Cases 0 10 42 7 703 29 44 0 7 1 14 0 0 10 2 4
RA
Arrests 0 13 62 10 885 41 105 0 9 4 11 0 0 15 3 3
108.8
Qty 0.00 0.00 0.00 97.39 0.00 751.23 2.20 3.52 0.00 235.15 2100 10755 2507 108.05 7118333
1
MANIPUR
Cases 0 17 0 0 9 0 113 0 1 0 46 0 1 13 20 65
Arrests 0 20 0 0 8 0 153 0 0 0 90 0 4 15 30 112
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Qty 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 59.39 0.00 0.17 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 0 200 0.00 2
MEGHALAYA Cases 0 0 0 0 3 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1
Arrests 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Qty 0.00 32.47 0.00 335.00 289.67 0.00 16.97 0.00 0.00 0.00 2.18 0 0 3828 0.00 915192
MIZORAM Cases 0 5 0 2 55 0 561 0 0 0 1 0 0 18 0 27
Arrests 0 8 0 3 66 0 767 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 0 34
Qty 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 335.00 0.00 0.04 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.50 3430 0 13435 0.00 5773
NAGALAND Cases 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 1 2 0 5 0 3
Arrests 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 1 1 0 5 0 2
Qty 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 30500.07 0.00 1.25 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 39 0 18869 0.00 25
ORISSA Cases 0 0 0 0 340 0 62 0 0 0 0 1 0 21 0 0
Arrests 0 0 0 0 680 0 121 0 0 0 0 4 0 38 0 0
Qty 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 5.14 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 0.00 0
PONDICHER
Cases 0 0 0 0 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RY
Arrests 0 0 0 0 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Qty 0.00 0.13 0.62 0.00 991.64 116.98 894.95 0.00 0.00 0.00 361.57 31559.155 42830.77 5731 0.00 7920932
PUNJAB Cases 0 1 1 0 172 54 2792 0 0 0 302 1084 277 54 0 3069
Arrests 0 3 1 0 212 75 3382 0 0 0 438 1547 370 128 0 3901
Qty 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.00 3823.23 44.69 14.88 0.00 371.60 0.00 1097.28 119509.75 235 14751 0.00 3166000
RAJASTHAN Cases 0 0 1 0 406 62 493 0 1 0 259 969 3 31 0 233
Arrests 0 0 1 0 475 72 662 0 6 0 347 1129 6 34 0 318
Qty 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.20 0.00 0.29 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 0.00 303
SIKKIM Cases 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Arrests 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Qty 0.00 3.91 0.17 88.95 7222.57 0.32 0.03 0.10 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 0.01 68925
TAMIL NADU Cases 0 4 3 4 2660 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
Arrests 0 5 5 5 3316 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
Qty 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 12595.57 0.00 4.10 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 0 77217 0.00 1997236
TRIPURA Cases 0 0 0 0 193 0 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 0 30
Arrests 0 0 0 0 326 0 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 42 0 53
Qty 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 10422.58 229.82 11.83 0.00 2.00 7.06 25.38 2738.7 509 0 0.20 2511
UTTAR
Cases 0 0 0 0 252 95 92 0 1 17 10 66 1 0 0 16
PRADESH
Arrests 0 0 0 0 307 108 99 0 3 17 18 70 2 0 0 16
Qty 0.00 0.00 1.55 0.00 1372.48 235.52 13.18 0.00 0.00 0.00 19.17 367.263 12730 0 0.00 207299
UTTARANCH
Cases 0 0 1 0 112 424 803 0 0 0 26 24 28 0 0 26
AL
Arrests 0 0 1 0 135 455 857 0 0 0 27 24 32 0 0 21
Qty 17.14 2.50 0.00 0.35 12401.80 5.87 32.53 1156.00 0.00 0.00 118.90 3332.9 0 40000 2.96 2990
WEST
Cases 1 5 0 1 347 4 95 1 0 0 22 11 0 2 2 2
BENGAL
Arrests 2 8 0 1 575 8 135 6 0 0 36 0 6 1 2

* Provisional data as reported to this Bureau

^CBCS : Codeine based cough syrup