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Set up panel headed by HC judge to study drug cartels, says Cong
Amit Chavda said by the state government’s own admission, drugs worth Rs 40,000 crore have been seized across Gujarat during the last seven years.
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Speaking to mediapersons in Gandhinagar, Amit Chavda, leader of Congress in the state Assembly, said: “Gujarat is fast becoming a hub of narcotics. (Express File Photo)
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The Congress on Saturday demanded the setting up of a high-powered committee headed by a sitting Gujarat High Court judge to study drug cartels operating in the state.
Speaking to mediapersons in Gandhinagar, Amit Chavda, leader of Congress in the state Assembly, said: “Gujarat is fast becoming a hub of narcotics. The instances of drug consumption is rising among teenagers and college-going students. We demand that the state government should form a high-powered committee headed by a sitting HC judge to study the drug cartel operating in the state.”
“This committee should also look into firms posing as pharmaceutical entities manufacturing banned drugs,” he said, adding that a large quantity of drugs has been recently seized from a pharmaceutical firm at Kerala GIDC in Sanand by the Narcotics Control Bureau.
Chavda further said by the state government’s own admission, drugs worth Rs 40,000 crore have been seized across Gujarat during the last seven years.
He maintained that there were no units manufacturing foreign liquor in Gujarat. “Yet, the sale and consumption of liquor is in full flow in Gujarat, where prohibition is in place. The question that needs to be asked is how is this possible without help from the police and the administration.”
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