Lok Sabha Question No. 3977 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-03-25
Subject: Women Involved in Drug Trafficking
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: Adv Dean Kuriakose

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3977

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 25 TH  MARCH, 2025/ CHAITRA 4, 1947 (SAKA)

WOMEN INVOLVED IN DRUG TRAFFICKING

3977.      ADV DEAN KURIAKOSE:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a) the total number of convicts being apprehended for Methylene Dioxy Methamph Atamine (MDMA) drug trafficking in the country during the last five years, State-wise;

(b)  whether  there  have  been  increasing  instances  of  women  getting involved in such cases during the last five years; and

(c) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (c): As per latest data published by National Crime Record Bureau (NCRB)  pertain  to  the  year  2022;  State/UT-wise  Persons  Convicted  for Possession  of  drugs  for  Trafficking  under  the  Narcotic  Drugs  and Psychotropic Substances Act during 2018 to 2022 is at Annexure -I. The drug -wise conviction data and Gender -wise data of accused are not maintained.

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## L.S.US.Q.NO. 3977 FOR 25.03.2025 ANNEXURE -I

State/UT-wise Persons Convicted for Possession of drugs for Trafficking under NDPS Act during 2018 - 2022

| S.No.      | State/UT                    | Person Convicted (Year Wise)   | Person Convicted (Year Wise)   |   Person Convicted (Year Wise) |   Person Convicted (Year Wise) |   Person Convicted (Year Wise) |
|------------|-----------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
| S.No.      | State/UT                    | 2018                           | 2019                           |                           2020 |                           2021 |                           2022 |
| 1          | Andhra Pradesh              | 100                            | 50                             |                             11 |                             22 |                             26 |
| 2          | Arunachal Pradesh           | 3                              | 0                              |                              0 |                              0 |                              2 |
| 3          | Assam                       | 5                              | 2                              |                              3 |                              6 |                             35 |
| 4          | Bihar                       | 16                             | 56                             |                              5 |                             28 |                             16 |
| 5          | Chhattisgarh                | 357                            | 337                            |                            172 |                            158 |                            381 |
| 6          | Goa                         | 7                              | 3                              |                              1 |                              7 |                             13 |
| 7          | Gujarat                     | 4                              | 6                              |                             11 |                              4 |                              4 |
| 8          | Haryana                     | 253                            | 199                            |                             56 |                            250 |                            243 |
| 9          | Himachal Pradesh            | 217                            | 174                            |                             67 |                             79 |                            147 |
| 10         | Jharkhand                   | 18                             | 57                             |                             19 |                             93 |                             33 |
| 11         | Karnataka                   | 55                             | 43                             |                             43 |                            183 |                             88 |
| 12         | Kerala                      | 202                            | 244                            |                             80 |                            150 |                            440 |
| 13         | Madhya Pradesh              | 638                            | 624                            |                            223 |                            355 |                            791 |
| 14         | Maharashtra                 | 18                             | 130                            |                             19 |                             18 |                             58 |
| 15         | Manipur                     | 25                             | 30                             |                             19 |                             16 |                              6 |
| 16         | Meghalaya                   | 0                              | 8                              |                             28 |                              0 |                              3 |
| 17         | Mizoram                     | 47                             | 17                             |                             24 |                             22 |                             61 |
| 18         | Nagaland                    | 6                              | 28                             |                             20 |                             25 |                             12 |
| 19         | Odisha                      | 9                              | 5                              |                              1 |                              8 |                              9 |
| 20         | Punjab                      | 2588                           | 2972                           |                            925 |                           1833 |                           2714 |
| 21         | Rajasthan                   | 361                            | 783                            |                            255 |                            554 |                            410 |
| 22         | Sikkim                      | 2                              | 1                              |                              1 |                              0 |                              0 |
| 23         | Tamil Nadu                  | 1496                           | 1253                           |                            391 |                            195 |                            476 |
| 24         | Telangana                   | 51                             | 6                              |                             15 |                             14 |                             85 |
| 25         | Tripura                     | 5                              | 1                              |                              4 |                              4 |                             14 |
| 26         | Uttar Pradesh               | 2841                           | 2151                           |                           3283 |                           1584 |                           1897 |
| 27         | Uttarakhand                 | 47                             | 89                             |                             10 |                             74 |                             45 |
| 28         | West Bengal                 | 21                             | 34                             |                             27 |                             11 |                            138 |
|            | TOTAL STATE(S)              | 9392                           | 9303                           |                           5713 |                           5693 |                           8147 |
| 29         | A&N Islands                 | 0                              | 0                              |                              0 |                              0 |                              0 |
| 30         | Chandigarh                  | 67                             | 90                             |                             58 |                             63 |                             70 |
| 31         | D&N Haveli and Daman & Diu+ | 0                              | 0                              |                              0 |                              0 |                              0 |
| 32         | Delhi                       | 28                             | 33                             |                              6 |                              6 |                            145 |
| 33         | Jammu & Kashmir*            | 29                             | 69                             |                             13 |                             17 |                             84 |
| 34         | Ladakh                      | -                              | -                              |                              0 |                              0 |                              2 |
| 35         | Lakshadweep                 | 0                              | 0                              |                              0 |                              0 |                              0 |
| 36         | Puducherry                  | 0                              | 0                              |                              0 |                              0 |                              0 |
|            | TOTAL UT(S)                 | 124                            | 192                            |                             77 |                             86 |                            301 |
| TOTAL (ALL | INDIA)                      | 9516                           | 9495                           |                           5790 |                           5779 |                           8448 |

Source: Crime in India, NCRB

Note : '+' Combined data of erstwhile Dadra and Nagar Haveli UT and Daman & Diu UT during 2018

*' Data of erstwhile Jammu & Kashmir State including Ladakh during 2018