The operation targeted major opium trafficking routes linked to Manipur, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand. More than 360 kg of opium has been recovered so far.
Rajasthan’s Anti-Narcotics Task Force (ANTF) has seized drugs worth more than Rs 700 crore over the past 10 months, marking what officials described as a record crackdown on narcotics trafficking in the state.
ANTF Inspector General Vikas Kumar said Rajasthan Police had seized narcotics worth around Rs 850 crore under the NDPS Act last year, while the total this year is expected to cross Rs 1,000 crore. The task force alone has accounted for seizures worth Rs 700 crore.
The operation targeted major opium trafficking routes linked to Manipur, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand. More than 360 kg of opium has been recovered so far.
The ANTF also uncovered and dismantled 34 units allegedly manufacturing MD drugs across Rajasthan, seizing more than 185 kg of the synthetic narcotic. Officials said action was also taken against the illegal cultivation of opium and cannabis.
Working with agencies in five states and five central bodies, the task force arrested 84 alleged major drug traffickers. Several of them were wanted criminals who had been on the run for years, police said.
