According to the annual report on narcotic control (NCB) on Tuesday (September 16, 2025), there was a dramatic increase in drones of driven drones.
“The use of drones for cross-border narcotics smuggling has proven to be a significant threat to India’s internal certainty, especially along the Indo-Pak boundary in Pandjab … There was a sharp increase in drone observation and pulling narcotics in border neighborhoods such as Amritsar, Tarn, Fezpur, and in 2024. They include heroin, opium, etc., ”said the report.
The report stated that the law enforcement authorities introduced 96,930 cases in India, and last year more than 1.22 lakh people arrested, of which 660 were foreigners from more than 36 countries. There were 203 from Nepal and 106 from Nigeria.
The agencies confiscated about 13 306 quintes of narcotic substances. Cannabis in various forms was about 41% of total seizures (5.40 810 kg) and opiates, including heroin, about 39%. In 2023 they registered more than 1.09 lake cases and arrested 1,32,954 individuals.
LAST YEAR, The NCB Registered 417 Cases and ARRESTED 588 ACCUSED COMPARED TO 375 CASES AND 574 ARRESTS IN 2023. It Made Seizure of Variase Narcotics Including 17,420 kg of Ganja, 3,391 kg of Hashish, 170 kg of Heroin Acetic Anhydride (Precursor Chemical for Heroin Processing), and 88 kg of cocaine among other medicines/narcotics. While the agency filed 288 complaints, the total number of NCB cases of the ongoing court proceedings was 2,509 on 31.
The current trends reported the emergence of markets with Darknet and cryptocurrency transactions. NCB registered 96 cases between 2020 and 2024, including dark and cryptocurrencies.
The report stressed that coastal routes (Mumbai, Gujarat, Kerala and Tamil Nadu) are increasingly used to smuggle synthetic drugs and precursors. “The strategic location of India in the Indian Ocean region will be placed as a key transit hub for Afghan heroin traded by the southern way.” Deathly crescent (Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iran) “remains the primary source of heroin, ATS (amphetamin-type-type) and Hashish entering the West Coast, teints) Synthetic drugs, especially methamphetamine smuggled across the east coast of India. ”
Chabahar (Iran) is one of the main ports used by people for drug management; Gwadar and Karachi (Pakistan). In 2024, naval seizures were 10,564 kg (except 94,19,000 NRX tablets and 1000 injections), which represents an almost 500 -fold increase compared to 2019. The agencies registered 10 naval seizures and arrested last year 43 accused last year.
In 2024, 1,483 kg of cocaine was confiscated by various agencies, which represents a stunning increase of about 78 times more than the amount confiscated in 2020 and about five times higher than in 2023.
The agencies seized 8,406 kg ATS in 2024, which was almost five times compared to the data up to 2020. Confiscation of other drugs, including synthetic drugs and precursor chemicals, meant a significant increase from 2,075 kg in 2023 to 15,424 in 2024. A trend with more than 2,75 injections, which was more than 2,75 injections that were more than 2,75 injections that were more than 2,75 injections that were more than 2,2,75 lakhh. confiscated last year.
Published – 16 September 2025 22:25 is
