Having nailed several notorious gangs and their kingpins, the Special Task Force (STF) of the Haryana Police is now focusing on curbing trafficking of illegal drugs and nabbing wanted drug peddlers in the region. To prevent  drug trafficking the STF will soon set up a dedicated anti-narcotics unit at  Hisar range to prevent illegal consumption of drugs and keep an eye on drug cartels across the State. According to the STF, Hisar district has the highest consumption of drugs in the entire State.

Recently, Chief Ministers of  Haryana, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh and Uttrakhand  met in Chandigarh to formulate a common strategy to deal with illegal smuggling and supply of drugs in these States.

After the high-level meeting, it came to fore that the multiple State agencies will work out a joint strategy to start the biggest ever crack-down on illegal consumption of drugs.

"The problem of drug abuse and trafficking has assumed an alarming proportion. The reason behind setting up of an anti-narcotic unit in the State is to nab the drug cartels. Drug peddlers are increasingly making links with people, the north Indian States will now join hands to curtail the burgeoning drug trade in the region," Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) of STF, Satish Balan, said.

As of now, Gurugram Police have arrested 72 people under the Narcotics, Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act and 62 cases have been registered under the NDPS Act till August 20.

According to the data compiled by the Gurugram Police, 545 kilograms of cannabis (ganja) and 460 kilograms of Sulfa have also been recovered by the police during the same duration.

The STF suspects that most of these drugs are coming from Afghanistan, Pakistan, South Africa, America in India areas of Jammu and Kashmir, Uttar Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, and Rajasthan.

Recently the STF had arrested two Nigerians in Gurugram and over 1 kg heroin valued at Rs 7 crore in the international market was seized from them.

Officials with the STF said, several groups of Nigerian national involved in the drug trafficking in the Delhi and NCR region. "They frequently visit pub and bars and rave parties to catch their clients and later provide them illegal substances. They charged Rs 4,000 for 1 gm heroin".

"The STF is making an effort to connect all backward and forward links to unearth the entire chain of supply and mode of trafficking, end users and source of origin of drugs. We have discussed the issue in details and passed directions to our team to start action without any delay," Balan, said.