‘Detect, Disrupt, Destroy’ Our Anti-Drug Strategy: Amit Shah

• Amit Shah unveiled the Vision Document on Drug Control (2026-2029) at the 10th NCORD meeting.
• Online Drugs Disposal Fortnight launched to destroy over ₹6,000 crore worth of narcotics.
• Centre adopted a ‘Detect, Disrupt and Destroy’ strategy against drug cartels and narco-terror networks.
• States asked to strengthen Anti-Narcotics Task Forces and establish exclusive NDPS courts.

GG News Bureau
New Delhi, 26th June: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday unveiled the Vision Document on Drug Control (2026-2029) at the 10th Apex Level Meeting of the Narco-Coordination Centre (NCORD), outlining an aggressive three-year roadmap to dismantle India’s narcotics ecosystem through stronger enforcement, intelligence-led operations and public participation.

Shah also launched the Online Drugs Disposal Fortnight Campaign, under which narcotic substances weighing over 2,09,500 kilograms and valued at more than ₹6,000 crore will be destroyed. He also released the NCB Annual Report 2025 and virtually inaugurated Narcotics Control Bureau zonal offices in Jammu and Guwahati.

Describing narcotics as a serious threat to national security, social stability and the future of India’s youth, the Home Minister said the next three years would be decisive in determining whether the country defeats drug addiction. He stressed that the fight against drugs requires a “Whole of Government” and “Whole of Society” approach.

Shah said the government’s strategy would be guided by the principle of “Detect, Disrupt and Destroy”, targeting drug production, trafficking routes, financing networks and kingpins through human intelligence, technology and community policing. He also called for mandatory financial investigations in major NDPS cases and stronger action against drug syndicates operating through darknet platforms, cryptocurrencies and cross-border networks.

The Home Minister directed states to convert their Anti-Narcotics Task Forces into dedicated full-time units, strengthen coordination through NCORD meetings and establish exclusive NDPS courts for speedy trials. He also urged states to pursue extradition of drug traffickers hiding abroad through Red Corner Notices and coordination with the CBI.

Highlighting the government’s anti-drug efforts since 2014, Shah said authorities have seized narcotics worth ₹1.84 lakh crore and destroyed drugs worth nearly ₹89,900 crore, significantly higher than the figures recorded during the previous decade. He expressed confidence that the implementation of the new roadmap would deal a decisive blow to the narcotics network and move India closer to the goal of a Nasha Mukt Bharat.