The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has secured the return of fugitive drug kingpin Virender Singh Basoya from the United Arab Emirates, Union residence minister Amit Shah introduced on Friday as he hailed the ‘milestone’ of ‘zero-tolerance towards narcotics’.
In a press release posted on X, Shah wrote, “Modi govt is relentlessly monitoring down drug traffickers hiding overseas and destroying their complete ecosystem with a ruthless strategy.”
He referred to as the event a “new milestone” within the authorities’s “zero-tolerance coverage in the direction of narcotics”.
“By tracing the prison via a top-to-bottom and bottom-to-top strategy, our businesses have as soon as once more confirmed that irrespective of the place drug traffickers disguise, they can not escape the lengthy arm of Indian regulation,” he mentioned.
Basoya has been accused of masterminding a world drug syndicate.
Shah on 3-year plan to finish drug commerce
In June this yr, Shah unveiled the federal government’s Imaginative and prescient Doc on Drug Management (2026-2029) and the Narcotics Management Bureau Annual Report-2025. The paperwork had been launched alongside a three-year nationwide plan geared toward dismantling drug trafficking networks.
He mentioned the Centre would act towards your complete narcotics ecosystem with such drive that “it will be unable to recuperate for many years.”
Greater than 40 ministries and departments are a part of the plan, which seeks to deal with the narcotics ecosystem via joint efforts in enforcement, intelligence, prevention and rehabilitation, HT reported earlier.
Shah additionally mentioned the Centre was analyzing gaps within the Narcotic Medicine and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act. It’s also reviewing the classification of precursor chemical compounds and psychotropic substances which can be utilized in drug manufacturing.
‘Operation World-Hunt’
Earlier in April this yr, the NCB secured the deportation of alleged international drug kingpin Mohammad Salim Dola, 59, from Turkey below ‘Operation World-Hunt’.
Dola, who had hyperlinks with the Dawood Ibrahim syndicate, was detained by Turkish businesses in Beylikduzu and deported to India on April 28, 2026. The NCB took him into custody after he arrived at Delhi’s IGI airport.
