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This is an archive article published on February 28, 2011

MHA to Bengal: Stop narcotics trade

MHA has told the West Bengal government to check the alarming rise in narcotics smuggling.

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The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has told the West Bengal government to check the alarming rise in narcotics smuggling into Bangladesh and undertake a special drive to destroy all ganja cultivation occurring in the border areas.

In a letter to Chief Secretary Samar Ghosh last week,Rashmi Gotel,Joint Secretary in the MHA,said: Altogether,70 per cent of all narcotics seizures takes place at the border… You should take all steps to put an end to this.

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