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Efforts are on to cease unlawful cultivation in accessible and forested areas, says DGP
The Odisha police on Tuesday claimed huge success in monitoring the motion of hashish consignments by seizing greater than 1,000 quintals of the illicit substance this year.
The Special Task Force, the Crime Branch of Police and the district police personnel have collectively seized 1,054 quintals of weed by September 30.
“The average annual seizure of ganja during the past 10 years has been 312 quintals. If we take the average of the past five years,it would go up to 414 quintals. However, our law enforcement agencies have managed to confiscate 1,054 quintals of cannabis — 2.5 times of average annual seizure of the last five years,” stated DGP Abhay at a press convention in Cuttack.
In 2018, the State police had seized 523.89 quintals of marijuana and the seizure had gone as much as 618.15 quintals subsequent year.
Mr. Abhay stated the Koraput district had led in ganja seizure by confiscating 413 quintals this year adopted by 240 quintals by Malkanagiri and 126 quintals by Gajapati district. The SPs of these districts have been appreciated for his or her efforts.
“Apart from the seizure of ganja, we have intensified financial investigation with a focus on unravelling conspiracy and detecting the brain behind the cultivation and evacuation of cannabis,” he stated.
The DGP stated Odisha is a marijuana-producing State and efforts are on to cease unlawful cultivation in accessible and forested areas. An motion plan was finalised at a latest high-level assembly attended by the Excise Secretary and the Addl. DGP (Crime Branch).
At a digital assembly of the DGPs of Odisha, West Bengal, Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh on Monday, it was determined to designate a nodal officer by each State for higher coordination in dealing with drug circumstances and sharing data.
Mr. Abhay, who was earlier Director General of Narcotics Control Bureau, stated, “The system of mapping poppy cultivation through satellite imagery has already been stabilised. Since the NCB has been using the system for the past 10 years, accurate information is made available. A similar system has been developed for cannabis cultivation with the help of Indian Space Research Organisation. Within the next couple of years, we hope to have information of areas of its cultivation.”
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