Overview
- Amit Shah, who addressed R&AW’s R.N. Kao Memorial Lecture on Friday in New Delhi, called for a single global playbook to tackle narcotics trafficking.
- He proposed a common list of banned drugs, standard penalties across countries, real-time intelligence sharing, and fast extradition of alleged kingpins.
- He framed the drug trade as a national-security and public-health threat and warned that without joint action the damage could become irreversible within a decade.
- As he spoke, the Narcotics Control Bureau was conducting an operation to seize 222.7 kg of Captagon pills, Hindustan Times reported.
- Security officials reported shifting routes into India through Myanmar with Kerala’s Malabar corridor emerging as a growing hub for heroin and synthetic drugs.