Disposal of round 14000 kilogram of Narcotics was initiated by the Preventive Commissionerate of the Mumbai Customs Zone III by the use of incineration at a waste disposal facility at Taloja on Wednesday. The medicine included 13860 kilograms of liquorice roots soaked in Heroine and 86.5 kilograms of hydroponic weed/ganja which had been seized by the Mumbai Zonal Unit of Directorate of Income Intelligence officers in separate instances.
“The seized medicine are destroyed by the use of incineration as per the Hazardous & Different Wastes (Administration and Transboundary Motion) Guidelines, at Frequent Hazardous Waste Therapy Storage & Disposal Facility, Taloja. After the medicine are seized, they’re saved  within the authorities maalkhaanas or warehouses. Disposal course of is outlined within the NDPS Act and within the police escort, the medicine are taken to the ability the place it must be destroyed. After securing permission from the MPCB, the medicine are burnt within the incinerator and the destruction course of doesn’t trigger any air pollution,” stated an official.
The official added, “Authorities of India has issued directives that speedy disposal of the seized medicine must be executed in order that cases of pilferage, theft and loss are averted.”
Final yr, the Mumbai Customs Zone-1 division had incinerated a complete of 244.905 kilograms of contraband valued at roughly Rs 1515 crores. In July final yr, Union Residence Minister and Minister of Cooperation Amit Shah chaired the Regional Convention on ‘Medicine Smuggling and Nationwide Safety’ in New Delhi.
Through the Convention, beneath the management of the Union Residence Minister, medicine value Rs 2,416 crore, was destroyed in varied elements of the nation by NCB in coordination with Anti-Narcotics Process Forces (ANTFs) of all states. Below the management of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Authorities has adopted a ’Zero Tolerance’ coverage towards narcotics to create a drugs-free India.
