Declaring a war against drug menace, Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma participated in four different events over Saturday and Sunday, where seized contraband worth nearly ₹163 crore was burnt.
The events at Diphu, Golaghat, Barhampur and Hajoi in central Assam were part of the new Bharatiya Janata Party-led government’s ongoing campaign against illegal drug trade after it returned to power in May this year.
At one of the events, Sarma said his government's first effort was to stop the supply of drugs to our state, second was to end its circulation and third was to rehabilitate those affected by its abuse.
Sarma said that between May 10 and July 15, the state police registered 874 cases under Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act and arrested 1,493 drug dealers across the state and seized nearly ₹163 crore of the contraband.