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19TH ANTI-DRUG LIAISON OFFICIALS’ MEETING FOR INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION (ADLOMICO) BUSAN, KOREA
- DR. ISH KUMAR, IPS
19 TH ANTI-DRUG LIAISON OFFICIALS MEETING FOR INTERNATIONAL - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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19 TH ANTI-DRUG LIAISON OFFICIALS MEETING FOR INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION (ADLOMICO) BUSAN, KOREA INDIA - COUNTRY REPORT By: DR. ISH KUMAR, IPS DY . DIRECTOR GENERAL NARCOTICS CONTROL BUREAU INDIA 16 September,2009 DRUG ABUSE SCENARIO
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PATTERNS OF DRUG TRAFFICKING
PAKISTAN AFGHANISTAN SRI LANKA NEPAL BHUTAN BANGLADESH MAYNMAR KOLKATA NEW DELHI THAILAND LAOS
HEROIN
MUMBAI CHENNAI
HASHISH MANDRAX PRECURSORS ATS
Golden Crescent Afghanistan, Iran and Pakistan Golden Triangle Thailand, Laos, Myanmar USA / Europe SA India is traditionally a transit country for Heroin trafficking
PRESCRIPTION DRUGS
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DRUG TRAFFICKING SCENARIO IN INDIA
Proximity to opium growing areas-- Trafficking of opiates from South West Asia to India -- to Western countries.
- Diversion of opium from licit/illicit cultivation --
indigenous production of low quality heroin---trafficking to Sri Lanka and Maldives.
- Trafficking of hashish (indigenous and from Nepal) to
Europe, Canada etc.
- Trafficking of mandrax to South Africa.
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Limited diversion of precursor chemicals .
- Attempts to establish Illicit Meth labs in active
collaboration with foreign drug operatives.
- Diversion of pharmaceutical preparations containing
psychotropic substances.
- Internet pharmacies and misuse of courier services.
Contd…
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ILLICIT INTERNET PHARMACIES
Company Main Person City Year Arrests Money Generated Assets Frozen Charmwood Chemists Dr Rituraj Faridabad 2002 4
- Vulcan
Direct Chennai 2004 4 $ 2 million
- Dr Brij
Bansal Agra 2005 8
$10million
$ 4 million Dawn Pharmaceut ical Girish Ray Baroda 2006 3
$ 2 million
- Xponse
Kedia Kolkata 2007 1 $3 million $1.2 million Chandra Importers T D Seethapath y Coimbatore 2008 1 $ 4 million $ 2 million R mantra Munishwar Thakur Noida 2008 2 $ 2 million
- Amit Kohli
Delhi 2008 4 $ 20 $12.5
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ILLICIT METH LABS
Kolkata - 2003 (China) Gurgaon - 2006 (Hong Kong) Kolkata - 2006 (China) Than
- 2007 (Mexico/Singapore)
Vadodra - 2008 (China)
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TRAFFICKING OF PHARMACEUTICALS
Third largest pharmaceutical Industry and over 6 lakh chemists.
- Smuggling of pharmaceuticals to neighboring
countries as well as other parts of the world
- Buprenorphine, Pethidine, Phensedyl, tranquilizers
like Diazepam, Valium etc.
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An anesthetic used for veterinary ops. Adulterant for Methamphetamine Some trafficking from India to ASEAN countries No abuse in India CONTROL MEASURES “No Objection Certificate” is mandatory for exporting Ketamine from India.
TRAFFICKING OF KETAMINE
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FROEIGNERS INVOLVEMENT IN DRUG TRAFFICKING
Trafficking of SW Asian Heroin and Cocaine African Operatives (Nigerian) Trafficking of indigenous Heroin to Sri Lanka Sri Lankans & local traffickers Trafficking of Hashish (Hash Tourism) European and Israeli Network Meth - Lab Chinese Group Trafficking of Ketamine SE Asian Groups
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FOREIGN TRAFFICKERS ARRESTS
- S. No.
NATIONALITY 2008 2009 (Up to July) 1 Afghanistan
7 3
2 Myanmar
19 2
3 Nepal
48 8
4 Nigeria
50 19
5 Sri Lanka
7 5
6 Thailand
7 1
TOTAL ARRESTS
199 63
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DRUG SEIZURES IN INDIA
2006 2007 2008 2009
(up to July)
Opium 2826 2226 2033 2052 Morphine 36 43 73 19 Heroin 1182 1186 1063 516 Ganja 157000 112000 103211 100883 Hashish 3852 5181 4084 1641 Cocaine 206 8 12 4 Methaqualone 4521 1 2381 33
(in kg.)
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2006 2007 2008 2009
(upto July)
Ephedrine 1276 395 1284 661 Acetic Anhydride 133 236 2754 400 Amphetamine 20 13
- No. of person Arrested
20688 22267 20515 8206
- No. of persons
convicted 9921 15390 15973 3787 Destruction- Poppy Plant (area in Acres) 617 20001 1560 3191 Destruction- Cannabis Plant (area in Acres) 859 707 406 10475
(in kg.)
Contd…
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DRUG LAW ENFORCEMENT STRATEGY
Comprehensive legislation – NDPS Act Stringent punishment up to 20 years imprisonment/ death penalty. Forfeiture of property Multi-prong strategy - Supply Reduction and demand Reduction Multi-agency approach to enforcement International cooperation
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MULTI-AGENCY ENFORCEMENT
Drug Law Enforcement in India Narcotics Control Bureau State Police
- CPMFs
D R I
Customs
Central Bureau
- f Narcotics
Ministry of Finance Ministry of Home Affairs Ministry of Health (Drug Controllers)
Demand Reduction- MSJE and MoH & FW
State Excise
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PRECURSOR CONTROL IN INDIA
NDPS Act, 1985 – Section 9A/25A
- NDPS (RCS) Order,1993 (5 Precursors)
- PEN (Export of 9 Precursors)
- EXIM Policy (Import of 8 Precursors)
- Customs Act, 1962 (2 Precursors)
- VCC for industry
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INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
Signatory to all UN Drug Conventions and SAARC Convention
- Bilateral agreements with 22 countries and MOUs with 5
countries
- Cooperation with several countries through Joint
Working Groups on counter terrorism
- Liaison with UNODC, INCB and DLOs
- Joint Operations/Controlled delivery Operations
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Date Drug Destination 18.03.2008 340 grams heroin USA 28.04.2008 1 kg Heroin USA 03.05.2008 345 grams heroin USA 29.07.2008 380 grams heroin USA 25.08.2008 10.380 kg. Hashish UK 25.08.2008 825 grams Heroin USA
CONTROLLED DELIVERY OPERATIONS 2008
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