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Data presented by Home Minister G. Parameshwara successful the precocious concluded Karnataka Legislature league shows that the Bengaluru City Police haven't arrested a azygous “producer” of narcotics successful 2024 and 2025, targeting lone peddlers and consumers.
This gains value successful the airy of however Mumbai constabulary followed up connected a peddler’s apprehension determination and unearthed 3 synthetic cause manufacturing units successful Bengaluru past week. The Maharashtra Police had likewise dismantled a cause manufacturing portion successful Mysuru successful July earlier this year.
Mysuru constabulary person besides not arrested a azygous “producer” successful 2024 and 2025, which is existent crossed the State. While 5,901 cases were booked during this period, it led to the apprehension of 3,961 peddlers, 4,741 consumers, and lone 90 producers. Sources said that astir of these producers arrested are those increasing ganja successful their fields and not those manufacturing synthetic drugs.
This indicates that investigations into narcotics cases person seldom tried to found the afloat concatenation of narcotics from the root to their consumers. Data besides shows that pursuing the apprehension of a peddler, the absorption seems to beryllium connected his/her clientele alternatively than the source.
It is done establishing the afloat concatenation of narcotics from the root to the consumers, a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) successful immoderate narcotics investigation, that the Mumbai Police busted 3 synthetic drugs manufacturing units successful Bengaluru. Mumbai Police arrested a peddler and built up the concatenation of the root of the narcotics from him to a antheral successful Belagavi and past to the 3 units successful Bengaluru.
Hitendra R., Additional Director General of Police (Law and Order) and the main of the recently formed Anti-Narcotics Task Force (ANTF), Karnataka, acknowledges the problem. “We person observed that astir each narcotics cases are suo motu cases and chargesheets are filed against a azygous accused. This means that the probe has not unravelled the full concatenation of the narcotics web from the root to the consumer. Investigators look contented with filing chargesheets against a azygous peddler. This needs to change. Investigators person to enactment adjacent harder and uncover the afloat chain. ANTF is moving towards bringing this alteration successful the probe and proceedings of narcotics cases successful the State. Change is gradual, but we are decidedly connected that path,” helium said.
A elder authoritative successful Bengaluru City Police said that successful astir cases of synthetic drugs, it leads them to different peddlers successful Goa, Mumbai, and Delhi, and seldom person they travel crossed manufacturers themselves. “A batch of resources are required to travel and hint the full concatenation successful each the cases, which we bash not have,” different serviceman said.
Alleged collusion
Meanwhile, determination person been allegations of corruption, extortion, and collusion with peddlers successful narcotics probes arsenic well. For instance, a Departmental Enquiry (DEs) has been nether mode against 11 policemen of Chamrajpet and J.J. Nagar Police Stations for allegedly being perpetually successful interaction with a notorious cause peddler, Salman, and helping him successful his crimes. Four policemen from Ramamurthy Nagar Police Station allegedly fto spell of a peddler they caught red-handed. Three constabulary inspectors, successful whose jurisdictions Mumbai Police unearthed synthetic cause manufacturing units, person present been suspended. Totally, 30 constabulary unit are nether the unreality of suspicion and DEs pending against them successful transportation with narcotics cases crossed the State, information presented by the Home Minister shows.
ANTF oversight
For now, the oversight of ANTF, formed arsenic per the mandate of the Union Ministry of Home Affairs connected August 1, 2025, has led to a leap successful the fig of cases booked. “ANTF is reviewing narcotics cases each period and issuing indispensable directions and proposal to the constabulary commissioners and SPs. Its interaction is already seen successful the summation successful the fig of cases registered aft the enactment of the ANTF,” said Mr. Hitendra.
Data presented by the Home Minister shows the State recorded 3531 cases from January 1 to July 31, 2025, and from August 1 to November 30, the State booked 2,387 cases, signaling a important jump. Mr. Hitendra hopes determination volition beryllium a qualitative alteration successful the probe and trials of narcotics cases implicit the adjacent fewer months.
