Tamil Nadu Governor Criticizes Police Over Missing Seizures of Synthetic Drugs | Madurai News

Madurai: Governor of Tamil Nadu R. N. Ravi said that Tamil Nadu Police do not seize high values synthetic drugs as the central agencies do and so do most of their seizures ganja. “They are not able to seize even one gram of synthetic drugs,” he said anti-drug conference in Tenkasi organized by local forums.
Ravi said many youth try chemical and synthetic drugs for thrills and get addicted to them, leading to crimes. The situation is also bad in Tamil Nadu. “In neighboring states, the drug problem involves synthetic drugs like meth, heroin and opium, but in Tamil Nadu we only talk about ganja,” he said, while acknowledging that ganja is dangerous and needs to be eradicated.
How come central agencies can seize hundreds of kilos of these drugs (in TN) while our state law enforcement agencies cannot seize even a single gram, the governor asked. Pakistan supplies drugs to sustain their narco-terrorism. There are drug cartels operating from Pakistan, Tamil Nadu and Dubai, which central and state agencies were aware of. “Earlier it was said that India was just a transit, but they fooled us. Not the entire quantity is in transit but is being delivered for consumption, which is a serious problem,” Ravi said while joining the government in calling for a mass movement. to curb it.
Former Mayor of Chennai Saidai Duraisamy and Zoho founder Sridhar Vembu were also on stage. Earlier there was an anti-drug demonstration in which young people walked two kilometers to the location of the conference.