Joint Commissioner of Police (law and order)orders all zonal DCPs to prepare data and extern the peddlers
About 176 drug peddlers have already been externed from the city for a year. Representation pic
As part of their continued efforts to curb the drug menace in the city, the police have decided to extern drug peddlers who have more than two cases against them. Joint Commissioner of Police (law and order), Vishwas Nangre Patil has asked all zonal DCPs to prepare data on the same and extern the peddlers.
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As per official data, so far, the Mumbai Police have prepared a list of 246 drug peddlers, out of which 179 have already been externed from the city for a year. “We have started this initiative to bring down the NDPS cases in the city. We are already taking action against peddlers and those who are found consuming narcotics. This initiative will help reduce the cases further,” Patil said. Official data further reveals that the maximum number of peddlers with more than two cases against them are from the South, Central and Western regions. Central Mumbai has 70, the southern part 80 and western region 67 peddlers. Local cops have already externed most of them.
“We have the profiles of every peddler and based on those, action is taken against them. While some have been externed, the others have been told to sign a good-behaviour bond as per the constitution. However, if they violate the same, they will be told to pay a fine and the externment order will be issued accordingly,” said a senior police inspector.
Police said, on the current list, the number of peddlers in the south and central regions is high but the major problem of drug menace is in Zone 6 and 9. Zone 6 has areas like Shivaji Nagar, Govandi, Mankhurd and Cheeta Camp. Zone 9 has Bandra, Andheri, Versova, Juhu, Lokhandwala and Amboli, from where most of the high-profile drug cases have been reported.
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