Pune police records show most drug busts of last decade made in 2019

Anti-narcotic cell has arrested multiple foreign nationals in possession of drugs like cocaine in the city

The city police tightened its noose around drug traffickers in the city.

The number of cases registered, the worth of the seizure, as well as the number of people arrested for drug possession or use in 2019 are the highest in the past decade. (REPRESENTATIVE PHOTO)

According to annual data released by Pune police commissioner K Venkatesham on Tuesday, cases under Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (NDPS) increased to 119 in 2019 from 87 in 2018.

“Consumption levels are the same, the availability (of ‘poodi’) is also there,” said Commissioner Venkatesham.

The number of cases registered, the worth of the seizure, as well as the number of people arrested for drug possession or use in 2019 are the highest in the past decade.