Operation Kavach 5.0 Targets Drug Trafficking | 05 Sep 2024
Source: IE
Recently, the Delhi Police launched 'Operation Kavach–5.0' in a major crackdown against drug trafficking, resulting in significant arrests and seizures across the national capital.
- The operation has pushed many traffickers to operate underground, shifting from large-scale to smaller shipments transported via cars and trains. Traffickers are now using women and children as decoys and setting up storehouses outside city limits.
- Operation Kawach is a major anti-narcotics initiative launched by the Delhi Police, focusing on both street-level and high-level drug trafficking and apprehending individuals involved in narcotics trafficking and distribution.
- It aims to combat the harmful effects of drug addiction on youth and children.
- It was launched in coordination with all district units of the Delhi Police, the operation involves the Crime Branch, Anti-Narcotics Task Force (ANTF).
- Initiatives Taken by India to Drug Menace: Nasha Mukt Bharat Campaign (NMBA), National Action Plan for Drug Demand Reduction and Prevention of Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1988.