The Odisha Police have turned the heat on drug peddlers and smugglers by destroying 2,20,000 kg of marijuana and 78 kg of brown sugar over the past one year.
Law enforcement agencies put in strenuous efforts to destroy seized narcotics as the process involves a very complex legal procedure.
“The drive was taken up last year after a landmark judgement of the Orissa High Court on a petition filed by Special Task Force for directing the subordinate courts and issuing a standard operating procedure for early authentication of seized narcotics. The first such drug disposal or destruction took place on June 10, 2022,” said Jai Narayan Pankaj, head of STF.
