Over 1.40 lakh kg drugs worth Rs 2,381 crore destroyed, Union Home Minister Amit Shah watches virtually

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday said the fight against drugs is to ensure that no youth is under the influence of narcotics and the country is safe and free from illegal substances.

Shah said this at a conference on 'Drugs Smuggling and National Security' during which he watched through video conferencing destruction of more than 140 tonnes drugs worth '2,381 crore in various parts of the country.

"Our aim is to ensure that no youth is under the influence of drugs.... Our aim is to make the country drugs free and secure. I appeal to all chief ministers and LGs (lieutenant governors) to extend all possible cooperation for it," he said. The home minister said that in the last one year 10000 tonnes drugs worth '12,000 cr were destroyed and it is a very big achievement.


Shah said when the state and central governments along with all the agencies come together on a single platform, then only "we will be able to make the country free from drugs".

"We will be able to succeed in this campaign against drugs by following 'whole of government approach' with cooperation, coordination, collaboration," he said.

Shah said that till the financial chain of drug smugglers is not broken, fight against drugs cannot be complete. He said that earlier the main area of drug smuggling was called "Golden Triangle" and "Golden Crescent" but the government of India has proposed internationally that it should be named as "Death Triangle" and "Death Crescent". "This approach shows the direction and intensity of our fight against drugs," he said.