Chandrapur Collector orders police to act sternly against drug trade in district
Collector Vasumana Pant reviewed anti-drug measures and asked all agencies to coordinate to stop the transport, sale and storage of narcotics.
Chandrapur District Collector Vasumana Pant reviewed the measures under way to curb narcotics in the district. At the meeting, she directed the police department to take strict action. She also asked all agencies to work in coordination to stop the transport, sale and storage of drugs.
District Superintendent of Police Ayush Nopani was present. Directions issued at the meeting included raising awareness in schools and colleges, inspecting medical stores and keeping watch on courier parcels.
Pant said extensive awareness should be created in schools, colleges and other educational institutions in the district about the harmful effects of drugs. If the sale of drugs or tobacco products in the premises of an institution, or anyone consuming them, comes to notice, the institution concerned should contact the police at once. She also said the education department should pay special attention to building awareness among students about freedom from addiction.
She said the agencies concerned should ensure that no drugs are illegally manufactured in the chemical factories operating in the district. Factories that are closed should also be inspected regularly. The Food and Drug Administration should make surprise visits to medical stores in the district and ensure that banned medicines or drugs are not being sold illegally.
The agriculture department was directed to remain vigilant so that banned crops such as poppy or cannabis are not cultivated in farms in areas near the district's inter-state border. If such suspicious cultivation is found, the departments concerned should be informed at once and necessary action taken.
Pant also said special attention should be paid to suspicious parcels arriving by post, private courier services and other routes. If a parcel is suspected of containing drugs, or a stock is found, the police department should be informed immediately. Courier and parcel transport in private vehicles should also be checked as needed, she said.
Police Inspector Amol Kachore, Assistant Police Inspector Yogesh Hiwase, Central Goods and Services Tax Superintendent Shashank Mandal, State Excise Superintendent Nitin Dharmik, Food and Drug Administration Assistant Commissioner Suhas Sawant and District Programme Officer Suman Pangantiwar were present. Officials of MIDC and other departments concerned also attended.
