DRI raids Jewar facility, seizes 30kg drugs and arrests two in major narcotics crackdown

Prelims-testable facts

• 01The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) is responsible for enforcing the provisions of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985.
• 02The NDPS Act, 1985 schedules amphetamine as a psychotropic substance.
• 03Approximately 30 kg of Amphetamine/intermediary forms were seized by DRI officials during the operation.
• 04Around 30 kg of precursor chemicals were recovered from the clandestine manufacturing facility in Jewar, Uttar Pradesh.
• 05The DRI busted a clandestine drug manufacturing facility operating from a residential premises in Jewar area of Gautam Buddha Nagar, Uttar Pradesh.
• 06A foreign national and his Indian female associate were arrested under the provisions of the NDPS Act, 1985 for operating the clandestine facility.

Trap alerts

• Most people think that DRI is a part of the police department, but actually it falls under the Ministry of Finance.
• Most people think that the seizure of precursor chemicals alone constitutes an offense under the NDPS Act, 1985, but actually the mere possession or purchase of such substances can be considered a contravention.