Use full force of NDPS Act to curb drug networks, Home Minister Amit Shah tells southern states
States must adopt the most stringent measures available under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act of 1985 to curb the menace of drugs, including the seizure of properties of repeat offenders, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Friday at a conference of five southern states and three Union Territories in Bengaluru on ‘Drug Trafficking and National Security’. “We find that soft measures are adopted despite the availability of strong measures under the law. The states must review the number of drug peddlers whose properties have been seized. Nobody should get bail easily. All of the most stringent clauses in the NDPS law must be applied to bring the menace of drugs under control,” the Union home minister said at the conference. To achieve the goals of becoming a developed nation by 2047 and a 5 trillion economy by 2025 as prescribed by PM Narendra Modi, India needs a drug-free society, Shah said. He said the home ministry has been workin...