The Control Bureau (NCB) and states destroyed 1. 4lakh kg of drugs worth Rs 2,378 crore on Monday with Home ministerAmit Shahpresiding over the operation virtually from Delhi. With the latest round, the quantity of drugs destroyed in the past year reached 10 lakh kg, worth Rs 12,000 crore.
Shah said 1,250 cases were registered between 2006 and 2013, while 3,700 cases were registered in nine years from 2014 to 2023, which was an increase of nearly 300%.
Shah highlighted how India had, at an international level, replaced the terms Golden Triangle and Golden Crescent with Death Triangle and Death Crescent.