443 gms of suspected drugs worth Rs 6.6 Lakh recovered from Lekhapani, One Arrested

Lekhapani: Based on information about storage & trafficking of suspected NDPS substances (kanii) from his own house by one Jeevan Chetry son of Dal Bahadur Chetry of 2 No Bisagoan PS Lekhapani, a search was conducted by the Lekhapani Police as per the procedure. During a search of the house, 443 gms of suspected NDPS substances (kanii) were recovered along with other items of measurement, weighing items etc, and also cash amounting to INR 6.6 lacs (six lacs sixty thousand rupees ) has been recovered and seized which is suspected to be earned from trafficking of NDPS substances.

In this context, an FIR has been lodged at Lekhapani PS vide case no 131/19 and a case is being registered.

About Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (NDPS)

The Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, commonly referred to as the NDPS Act, is an Act of the Parliament of India that prohibits a person to produce/manufacture/cultivate, possess, sell, purchase, transport, store, and/or consume any narcotic drug or psychotropic substance. The Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Bill, 1985 was introduced in the Lok Sabha on 23 August 1985. It was passed by both the Houses of Parliament, received assent from then President Giani Zail Singh on 16 September 1985, and came into force on 14 November 1985. The NDPS Act has since been amended thrice - in 1988, 2001 and 2014. The Act extends to the whole of India and it applies also to all Indian citizens outside India and to all persons on ships and aircraft registered in India.

Under one of the provisions of the act, the Narcotics Control Bureau was set up with effect from March 1986. The Act is designed to fulfill India's treaty obligations under the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, Convention on Psychotropic Substances, and United Nations Convention Against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances.

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