Overview
- Latur police, which carried out the destruction Friday, incinerated seized narcotics valued at ₹1.18 crore.
- The cache included about 713 kg of ganja, 21 kg of opium, and 96 g of mephedrone seized across 45 NDPS cases.
- After court procedures, officers moved the sealed consignments to Kirti Oil Mill in Additional MIDC, Latur, for fire‑boiler disposal.
- The burn followed Section 52(A) of the NDPS Act through an authorised panchnama in the presence of SP Amol Tambe and Additional SP Mangesh Chavan.
- Teams from the Pollution Control Board, Fire, Health, the Chemical Analyser’s office, and Legal Metrology witnessed the process, and police said measures prevented pollution and inconvenience to nearby residents.