MANGALURU: City police commissioner N Shashi Kumar on Sunday said that they have adopted zero-tolerance to end the drug menace.
Speaking on the sidelines of the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking on Saturday, the police commissioner said that the drugs that have been seized are being disposed of as per the directions of DGP and IGP Praveen Sood.
A drug disposal committee has been formed and the action is being taken after obtaining court permission.
Nearly 130kg of ganja, MDMA- 68 grams, LSD strips- 41, cocaine-18 ml, and brown sugar-18 ml seized in connection with nearly 50 cases were disposed of at the industrial area near Kolnad in Mulki after obtaining clearance from the Pollution Control Board.
This year nearly 300 people including peddlers and consumers have been arrested.
The city police has also arrested a Nigerian, operating from Bengaluru and an Omani citizen from the city.
They have also arrested offenders involved in the drug trade from Kasaragod district of Kerala.
Meanwhile, Dakshina Kannada superintendent of police Rishikesh Sonawane said that the district police disposed of nearly 221kg of ganja seized in five different cases, after the due procedure.
Udupi SP N Vishnuvardhan said as the war against drugs continues, the Udupi district police destroyed the seized contraband under the NDPS cases worth more than Rs 1 crore.
Other than ganja, about 919 MDMA tablets and 990 LSD strips were destroyed.