Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, May 6: Amidst the recent inputs that Habit-forming synthetic drugs have been making their way illegally from neighboring States through small courier companies, a special team of Drugs Control Officers (DCOs) conducts surprise checks of godowns of various Courier Service providers and seized stocks of drugs worth Rs 90,000.
To cross check that the pharmaceutical consignments are being transported under proper rules into Jammu and Kashmir, the sleuths of the Drugs and Food Control Organization (DFCO) checked offices and godowns of various prominent Courier Companies wherein the UT bound consignments were checked randomly to ensure that no pharmaceutical preparations prone to addiction may be brought in the UT through these channels.
The team of DCOs seized on the spot stocks of drugs worth Rs 90,000 that were being transported in contravention to the rules and accordingly, action as warranted under the Act has been initiated. Further, notices have been served upon the defaulters and licenses of the firms whose name has surfaced during the investigation have been cancelled.
The representatives of Courier Service providers were impressed upon to follow the SOPs while handling consignments of pharmaceutical preparations and inform the Department regarding the suspicious consignments.
Mohd Iqbal Palla, Deputy Drugs Controller, Jammu informed that the Government has constituted Nocord Committees on trafficking of habit-forming drugs so that public at large could be safeguarded from intoxication. He said the Field functionaries have been directed to keep strict vigil on movement of such drugs and checks are being conducted randomly in this perspective.
State Drugs Controller, Lotika Khajuria said the Department has issued strict instruction where under the purchase, sale and distribution of certain habit-forming drugs could not be done without a written authentic order of the purchaser. Moreover, the trade fraternity has once again been impressed upon not to procure lesser known brands of such drugs directly from outside the UT.
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