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Half of all heroin seized in India from Punjab

Three out of every 10 arrests for drug offences in India were made in Punjab between 2012-15

Half of all heroin seized in India from Punjab
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Sai Manish New Delhi
The Shiromani Akali Dal-Bharatiya Janata Party government seemed to have had a bumper harvest of arrests for drug offences after coming back to power for a second successive term in 2012. When Parkash Badal was the Chief Minister of the state between 2008-2012, a total of 30,422 people were arrested for drug offences under the Narcotics and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act. (See Table: Punjab's Drug Arrests)

In 2012, a vigorous debate started shaping up in civil society over the magnitude of the drug problem in Punjab. According to National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) information, the number of arrests made

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