Lok Sabha Question No. 2512 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-01-02
Subject: Smuggling of Psychotropic Substances
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: MEHBOOB ALI KAISER

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2512

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 02 ND  JANUARY, 2018/ PAUSHA 12, 1939 (SAKA)

SMUGGLING OF PSYCHOTROPIC SUBSTANCES

2512. SHRI MEHBOOB ALI KAISER:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a) the quantum of smuggled psychotropic substances seized by Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) during each of the last three years and the current year in Punjab, Jammu and Kashmir, Haryana, Rajasthan and Delhi;

(b)  the  total  number of Narcotics offices situated throughout the country along with their strength and jurisdictions;

(c)  the  details  of  projects/work  proposed  by  the administrative branch of NCB headquarters  for  equipping  the  offices  outside  the  national  capital; and

(d)  the  measures  taken  by  the  Government  to  curb  the  smuggling  of psychotropic substances in the country?

ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI HANSRAJ GANGARAM AHIR)

(a): Details of seizures of Psychotropic substances by Narcotics Control Bureau for the last 03 years and current year (upto Oct, 2017) are enclosed at   Annexure-I.

(b): Narcotics Control Bureau(NCB) with its headquarter at Delhi has 03

regional offices namely Northern Region (Delhi), Eastern Region (Kolkata)

## L.S.US.Q.NO.2512 FOR 02.01.2018

and South-West Region (Mumbai) besides having 13 Zonal Offices and 12 Sub-Zonal Offices across the country. Total sanctioned strength of NCB is more than 1100 officials.

(c): The NCB has procured lands at various places such as Chandigarh, Ahmedabad, Lucknow, Guwahati, Jammu, Bangalore, Indore and Bhubaneswar to build office cum residential complexes.

(d): The  measures  taken  by  the  Government  to  prevent  trafficking  of Psychotropic substances  inter alia include intensive preventive and interdiction  efforts  along  known  drug  routes,  strict  surveillance  and enforcement at import and export points, increased international cooperation  for  exchange  of  information  and  investigative  assistance  in administering control over the movement of Narcotic Drugs & Psychotropic Substances and Precursor Chemicals, sharing of real time information and coordination operation with Nodal agencies of neighbouring countries and empowerment of Border Security Force, Sashastra Seema Bal and Coast Guard  under  the  Narcotic  Drugs  &  Psychotropic  Substances  (NDPS) Act,1985.

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## Psychotropic Substances seized by Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) during last three years and current year (upto Oct, 2017) in Punjab, Jammu and Kashmir, Haryana, Rajasthan and Delhi:-

| Name of State     | Name of Drugs          | 2014      | 2015      | 2016      | 2017 (Oct)*   |
|-------------------|------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|---------------|
| Punjab            | Buprenorphine          | 71200 Pcs | -         | 6924 Pcs  | -             |
| Punjab            | Methaqualone           | -         | 4.785 Kg  | -         | -             |
| Punjab            | ATS                    | -         | -         | 0.48 Kg   | -             |
| Punjab            | Other                  | -         | 10.11 Kg  | -         | -             |
| Jammu and Kashmir | Proxyvon               | -         | -         | 3400 Pcs  | 4704 Pcs      |
| Haryana           | Psychotropic Substance | NIL       | NIL       | NIL       | NIL           |
| Rajasthan         | Psychotropic Substance | NIL       | NIL       | NIL       | NIL           |
| Delhi             | Methamphetamine        | 3.35 Kg   | 0.37kg    | -         | -             |
| Delhi             | Methaqualone           | 6.3 Kg    | 56.01kg   | 19.205 Kg | 15.155 Kg     |
|                   | Alzola                 | -         | 2940 Pcs  | -         | -             |
|                   | ATS                    | -         | 20.7 Kg   | 1.086 Kg  | 0.44 Kg       |
|                   | Ketamine               | -         | 0.88 Kg   | -         | -             |
|                   | Lorzepam               | -         | 93 Pcs    | -         | -             |
|                   | Zolpidem               | -         | 5710 Pcs  | -         | -             |
|                   | Mephedrone             | -         | 3.05 Kg   | -         | -             |
|                   | Other                  | -         | 85695 Pcs | -         | -             |

*Provisional Data