Archive · 30 Jul 2025
Delhi Police Intensify Crackdown on Drug Traffickers
The Delhi Police are using a tough law called the PITNDPS Act to arrest drug dealers.
This law allows them to hold suspected traffickers for up to a year without a trial.
The police are focusing on people who have been caught selling drugs multiple times.
They plan to arrest 35 people this year.
One target is a woman named Kusum, and the police have taken away assets worth a lot of money that she is thought to have earned from selling drugs.
This is part of a larger effort by the government to make India drug-free.
Delhi Police are cracking down on drug traffickers using the PITNDPS Act.
The PITNDPS Act allows detention of traffickers for up to a year without trial.
Police plan to detain 35 offenders this year, targeting repeat offenders.
Assets worth Rs 5 crore, allegedly from drug money, have been seized.
The crackdown is part of the "Nasha Mukt Bharat" campaign.
- Who
- Delhi Police are targeting drug traffickers.
- What
- Delhi Police are intensifying actions against drug traffickers under the PITNDPS Act.
- When
- Since 2021, and with increased activity planned for the current year.
- Where
- Delhi
- Why
- To disrupt drug networks and support the "Nasha Mukt Bharat" campaign.
- Act Used
- PITNDPS (Prevention of Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances)
- Detention Period
- Up to one year without trial
- Targeted Offenders
- Drug traffickers and repeat offenders
- Detentions Planned
- 35 this year
- Assets Seized
- Rs 5 crore
- Campaign
- "Nasha Mukt Bharat" (Drug-Free India)