Lok Sabha Question No. 2273 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-12-20
Subject: Drugs Seized by BSF
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: Sunita Duggal

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2273

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 20 TH  DECEMBER, 2022/ AGRAHAYANA 29, 1944 (SAKA)

DRUGS SEIZED BY BSF

2273.      SHRIMATI SUNITA DUGGAL:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Government keeps the record of amount of smuggled drugs seized  by  the  Border  Security  Force  (BSF)  and  if  so,  the  details  thereof, international border-wise;

(b) the modus-operandi of disposal of such seized drugs by the BSF, if any; and

(c) the steps/initiatives taken by the Government for safeguarding nation's border from illicit drugs smuggling?

ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI NITYANAND RAI)

(a) The  details  of  drugs  seized  by  Border  Security  Force  (BSF)  along Indo-Bangladesh  and  Indo-Pak  Border  for  the  year  2019  to  2021  is  at Annexure-I.

(b) The  drugs  seized  by  BSF  are  handed  over  to  local  police  and Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) for further disposal.

(c) The  Government  is  taking  various  steps  for  safeguarding  nation's border from illicit drug smuggling some of them are detailed below:-

- (i) Border Security Force, Sashastra Seema Bal and Assam Riffles have been empowered  under the Narcotics Drugs & Psychotropic Substances Act for making interdiction of narcotic drugs.
- (ii) Detailed  vulnerability  mapping  has  been  carried  out  along  the border  to  strengthen  surveillance  by  deploying  additional  Special Surveillance  Equipments  and  other  available  resources  in  the vulnerable patches.
- (iii) Surveillance equipment like Hand Held Thermal Imager (HHTI), Night Vision Device (NVD), TwinTelescope UAVs etc. are being used as  force  multipliers  for  effective  area  domination.  In  addition  to that, Long-Range Reconnaissance and Observation System (LORROS), Battle Field Surveillance Radar (BFSR) are also deployed. Integrated Surveillance technology equipped with CCTV/PTZ Cameras, IR sensors and infrared alarm with Command and Control system  have  also  been  installed at selected patches  of the International Border.
- (iv) Effective  domination  of  the  borders  by  carrying  out  round  the clock  surveillance  of  the  border,  viz.  patrolling,  laying  nakas, manning observation posts all along the International Borders.

- (v) Installation  of  Border  Flood  lights  along  border  security  fence  to light up the area during hours of darkness.
- (vi) Special  operations  and  joint  operations  with  other  agencies such as state police, Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), Directorate of Revenue  Intelligence  (DRI)  etc.  are  being  conducted  along  the borders.

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LS USQ No. 2273 for20.12.2022

## SEIZURE OF DRUGS ALONG INDO-BANGLADESH BORDER/INDO-PAKISTAN FOR THE YEAR 2019 TO 2021

| THEATER/STATE/ITE MS   | 2019 (in Kg)           | 2020 (in Kg)           | 2021 (in Kg)           |
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
| INDO-BANGLADESH BORDER | INDO-BANGLADESH BORDER | INDO-BANGLADESH BORDER | INDO-BANGLADESH BORDER |
| West Bengal            | 2333.205               | 6208.234               | 5771.627               |
| Brown Sugar            | 0.060                  | 1.854                  | 0.257                  |
| Charas                 | -                      | 13.200                 | 30.500                 |
| Cocaine                | -                      | -                      | 0.003                  |
| Ganja                  | 2317.955               | 6082.131               | 5705.995               |
| Hemp                   | -                      | 102.150                | 15.150                 |
| Heroin                 | 1.000                  | 2.609                  | 8.505                  |
| Opium                  | 14.190                 | 6.290                  | 7.217                  |
| Poppy                  | -                      | -                      | 4.000                  |
| Assam                  | 538.160                | 37.647                 | 423.646                |
| Brown Sugar            | -                      | 0.087                  | 0.017                  |
| Charas                 | -                      | -                      | -                      |
| Ganja                  | 538.160                | 37.558                 | 423.000                |
| Heroin                 | -                      | 0.002                  | 0.629                  |
| Meghalaya              | 86.120                 | 191.560                | 60.400                 |
| Ganja                  | 86.120                 | 179.750                | 29.900                 |
| Hemp                   | -                      | 11.800                 | 5.500                  |
| Heroin                 | -                      | 0.010                  | -                      |
| Poppy                  | -                      | -                      | 25.000                 |
| Mizoram                | 8.215                  | -                      | 1.783                  |
| Ganja                  | 8.000                  | -                      | -                      |
| Heroin                 | 0.215                  | -                      | 1.783                  |
| Tripura                | 9272.604               | 5331.251               | 13216.549              |
| Brown Sugar            | 0.104                  | -                      | 24.282                 |
| Ganja                  | 9272.500               | 5331.250               | 13176.240              |
| Hemp                   | -                      | -                      | 16.000                 |
| Heroin                 | -                      | 0.001                  | 0.027                  |
| Total                  | 12238.304              | 11768.692              | 19474.005              |

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LS USQ No. 2273 for 20.12.2022 Page 2/2   Annexure-I

| THEATER/STATE/ITE MS   | 2019 (in Kg)         | 2020 (in Kg)         | 2021 (in Kg)         |
|------------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
| INDO-PAKISTAN BORDER   | INDO-PAKISTAN BORDER | INDO-PAKISTAN BORDER | INDO-PAKISTAN BORDER |
| Jammu and Kashmir      | 4.969                | 62.004               | 37.945               |
| Heroin                 | 4.969                | 61.004               | 37.945               |
| Opium                  | -                    | 1.000                | -                    |
| Punjab                 | 233.293              | 507.483              | 486.260              |
| Hemp                   | -                    | -                    | 0.250                |
| Heroin                 | 232.561              | 506.241              | 485.581              |
| Opium                  | 0.732                | 1.242                | 0.429                |
| Rajasthan              | 54.000               | 85.260               | 88.640               |
| Heroin                 | -                    | 8.960                | 64.640               |
| Opium                  | -                    | 6.300                | 1.000                |
| Poppy                  | 54.000               | 70.000               | 23.000               |
| Gujarat                | 12.000               | 69.000               | 32.100               |
| Charas                 | -                    | 69.000               | 31.000               |
| Heroin                 | 12.000               | -                    | 1.100                |
| Total                  | 304.262              | 723.747              | 644.945              |
| G/Total                | 12542.566            | 12492.439            | 20118.950            |

Source : BSF