News:2025-06-26/Policy/cm-saha-marks-international-day-against-drug-abuse-with-cumulative-figures-since-2018

26 June 2025

Tripura eradication campaigns (2025)

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CM Saha marks International Day Against Drug Abuse with cumulative figures since 2018

On Thursday 26 June 2025, the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha released cumulative figures from the state's Nasha Mukt Tripura mission since 2018. Over the seven-year period, 3,307 cases were registered under the NDPS Act 1985 and 5,800 offenders arrested. Authorities seized over 306,000 kg of dried cannabis, 1,340,000 codeine-based cough syrup bottles, 9,941,000 habit-forming tablets and over 48 kg of heroin. Approximately 86,900,000 cannabis seedlings and plants were destroyed. Properties and vehicles of drug traffickers worth ₹7 crore were attached. Saha said the state government had undertaken alternative livelihood programmes in cannabis-cultivation areas through the Forest, Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Resources Development departments, and announced a ₹198 crore Union Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region grant for a special drug de-addiction centre at Bishramganj in Sepahijala, with a state plan to establish ₹20 crore de-addiction centres in each of the eight districts. Director General of Police Anurag, addressing the same event, reported drug seizures worth ₹800 crore in 2024 and ₹102 crore in the first half of 2025 (against ₹135 crore in the first half of 2024).

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2025-06-26 Policy CM Saha marks International Day Against Drug Abuse with cumulative figures since 2018 On Thursday 26 June 2025, the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha released cumulative figures from the state's Nasha Mukt Tripura mission since 2018. Over the seven-year period, 3,307 cases were registered under the NDPS Act 1985 and 5,800 offenders arrested. Authorities seized over 306,000 kg of dried cannabis, 1,340,000 codeine-based cough syrup bottles, 9,941,000 habit-forming tablets and over 48 kg of heroin. Approximately 86,900,000 cannabis seedlings and plants were destroyed. Properties and vehicles of drug traffickers worth ₹7 crore were attached. Saha said the state government had undertaken alternative livelihood programmes in cannabis-cultivation areas through the Forest, Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Resources Development departments, and announced a ₹198 crore Union Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region grant for a special drug de-addiction centre at Bishramganj in Sepahijala, with a state plan to establish ₹20 crore de-addiction centres in each of the eight districts. Director General of Police Anurag, addressing the same event, reported drug seizures worth ₹800 crore in 2024 and ₹102 crore in the first half of 2025 (against ₹135 crore in the first half of 2024). https://tripuratimes.com/ttimes/adopted-comprehensive-strategies-to-eliminate-drug-menace-says-tripura-cm-29020.html/ Tripura eradication campaigns (2025) India Tripura Agartala 23° 49' 48.00" N, 91° 16' 48.00" E