Overview
- Chief Minister Manik Saha instructed police and security agencies not to spare anyone involved in the drug trade, underscoring a strict zero-tolerance stance.
- Authorities report a 132% year-on-year increase in drugs destroyed and a roughly 104% rise in seizures so far in 2025 compared with the same period last year.
- A Home Department report placed in the state Assembly recorded 1,797 detentions since March 2023 for smuggling contraband and cannabis cultivation.
- Saha said operations are being intensified to apprehend the central drug kingpin driving smuggling networks across the region.
- The state logged a 12.35% drop in overall crime in the first five months of 2025 and officials warned of rising drug use among girls, urging parents to remain vigilant.