Excelsior Correspondent
UDHAMPUR, Dec 5: District Drug Destruction Committee conducted the destruction of physcotrophic substance today.
This consignment was seized in 37 different NDPS cases registered in District Udhampur. The destruction was done through incineration in M/S Anmol Healthcare Rakh Rara, Swankha Morh, Vijaypur, Samba.
During incineration 1993.520 kg of poppy straw, 754.32 grams of heroin and 1.10 kg cannabis has been incinerated by following all the codal formalities. The destruction was carried out by incineration in a controlled manner as provided under rules to avoid any harm to the environment.
Headed by SSP Udhampur Amod Ashok Nagpure and comprising of Addl SP Udhampur Sandeep Bhat, DySP DAR Bhutto Choudhary and Darshan Singh, Sr PO Udhampur, the District Drug Destruction Committee conducted the entire process of incineration in presence of EMIC Sanjeevan Kumar Sharma (NT Roun) and Hans Raj, Divisional Officer JKPCB Samba (South).
Before this the seized contraband was checked, weighed and tallied with the record. The entire proceedings, right from godown upto incinerator was duly videographed and kept under proper security.
Pertinently this huge quantity of the seized contraband substance has been destroyed under section 52-A of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985.
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