Act Sternly Against use of Narcotic Drugs: CM KCR

Hyderabad, Jan.26 (Maxim News): Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao today instructed officials concerned to act sternly against the use of Narcotic Drugs and ensure that the usage of narcotic drugs is totally eliminated from the State.

The CM has decided to hold a conference at Pragathi Bhavan here on January 28 (Friday), “State Police and Excise Conference” to take up measures and action to control and eliminate the use of Narcotic drugs in the State.

The conference will be chaired by CM KCR, Home Minister, Excise Minister, CS, DGP, DGs, all district SPs, Commissioners, DCPs and the state Excise departments SPs, and other officers concerned will participate.

In the conference, discussion will take place on the measures to be taken and the guidelines to be followed to curtail and eliminate the narcotic drug abuse. In this context, the police and Excise departments will be put on further alert.

The CM held a review meeting on the stringent measures to be taken to control the narcotic drug abuse with Chief Secretary Somesh Kumar, DGP Mahender Reddy, and Hyderabad Police Commissioner CV Anand at his camp office pragathi Bhavan in the city . In the review meeting CMO’s higher officials and others also participated.

Speaking on the occasion, the CM said, in the narcotic drugs cases, culprits however high and mighty, they should be punished. A special action plan should be prepared for the strict implementation of the stringent measures.

The CM instructed the DGP to form a special Narcotic and Organized Crime Control Cell (Counter Intelligence Cell) in the police department with 1000 members.

The Special Cell would work under the DGP and it will perform special duties to take stringent measures to control and eliminate the narcotic Drugs abuse and against the organized crimes. (Maxim News)

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