₹50 crore in assets seized under NDPS Act, four times BJP-tenure figure: Himachal CM Sukhu

Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu connected Tuesday (December 16, 2025) said the Congress authorities has launched a decisive combat against cause maltreatment successful the elevation State, seizing assets worthy implicit ₹50 crore nether the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act.

This is astir 4 times the ₹13 crore seized during the erstwhile BJP government’s three-year tenure, helium said.

CM Sukhu was speaking astatine the ‘anti-Chitta’ (heroin) consciousness Walkathon successful Himachal Pradesh’s Hamirpur. He said Himachal was engaged successful a decisive conflict against ‘Chitta’ and the authorities has launched a broad and uncompromising violative against this lethal drug.

“Strict and decisive enactment is underway to uproot the ‘Chitta termite’ from its precise roots done the unyielding unit of the law,” Mr. Sukhu said. He added that cause traffickers, suppliers, and those providing extortion to these illicit networks were being systematically targeted, utilizing precocious technology, a strengthened quality model and stringent ineligible provisions to dismantle organised narcotics cartels.

Mr. Sukhu said since the motorboat of the campaign, connected November 22, the constabulary carried retired simultaneous raids astatine 121 locations crossed the State, delivering a large stroke to the networks of apical traffickers.

“Three days later, an intensive checking thrust was conducted successful 51 acquisition institutions and astir 598 shops, markets and areas surrounding colleges, resulting successful the registration of 12 NDPS cases and issuance of 385 challans. Under the Prevention of Illicit Traffic successful Narcotic Drugs (PIT) and NDPS Acts, a full of 63 traffickers person been arrested truthful far. Assets worthy implicit ₹50 crore person been seized nether the NDPS Act, a crisp leap compared to ₹13 crore seized implicit the erstwhile government’s three-year tenure,” helium said.

The Himachal CM said the run was not simply a instrumentality enforcement inaugural but a people’s wide question to support the halfway individuality and societal cloth of the State.