The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has successfully repatriated Virender Singh Basoya, a fugitive drug kingpin, from the United Arab Emirates (UAE). This operation marks a significant step in the ongoing efforts to dismantle narcotics trafficking networks. Basoya’s return is expected to aid authorities in their crackdown on drug-related crimes in India.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah announced the development in a post on X on Friday, describing it as a new milestone in the Central government’s zero-tolerance policy against narcotics. Earlier reporting noted: India secures return of fugitive drug kingpin Virender Singh Basoya from UAE, Amit Shah hails ‘new milestone’ The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has secured the return of fugitive drug kingpin Virender Singh Basoya from the United Arab Emirates , Union home minister Amit Shah announced on Friday as he hailed the ‘milestone’ of ‘zero-tolerance against narcotics’. “Modi govt is relentlessly tracking down drug traffickers hiding abroad and destroying their entire ecosystem with a ruthless approach. Creating a new milestone in the policy of zero tolerance against narcotics, the NCB secured the return of fugitive drug kingpin Virender Singh Basoya from the UAE. By tracing the criminal through a top-to-bottom and bottom-to-top approach, our agencies have once again proven that no matter where drug traffickers hide, they cannot escape the long arm of Indian law,” Shah posted on X.
The NCB is India’s apex federal law enforcement and intelligence agency responsible for combating drug trafficking and illegal substance abuse under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985. Established on March 17, 1986, the agency functions under the Ministry of Home Affairs and coordinates anti-drug operations with state police forces and international agencies.
Earlier reporting noted: He called the development a “new milestone” in the government’s “zero-tolerance policy towards narcotics”.
Earlier reporting noted: In a statement posted on X, Shah wrote, “Modi govt is relentlessly tracking down drug traffickers hiding abroad and destroying their entire ecosystem with a ruthless approach.
