Customs officers attached to the Tiruchi Customs Preventive Commissionerate destroyed 206.050 kg of seized narcotics drugs and psychotropic substances recently.
As per the Government of India’s instructions in force, these drugs were destroyed by putting in the incinerators of a bio-medical waste management company in Tirunelveli district fitted with air pollution control devices.
It was done under the supervision of the Drug Disposal Committee comprising of senior customs officials complying with air emission standards and with the assistance of customs officers in Tiruchi, Madurai and Thoothukudi after getting courts’ orders.
The customs officers effected the seizure of the drugs involved in 13 cases since 1995.
These include five cases of ganja weighing 139.90 kg, one case of Mandrax weighing 27.450 kg, one case of Hashish weighing 18.650 kg and three cases of Ketamine weighing 16.950 kg, a press release from the Commissioner of Customs, Tiruchi, Ashok, said.
