Summary:
We found that primarily it was poor or shoddy investigations which led to the acquittal of peddlers arrested for possessing commercial grade heroin. It is purely IO’s negligence.”Mustafa said that to re-strategise the anti-drug drive in the state, 140 proclaimed offenders in commercial quantity cases and 42 in non-commercial quantity were identified for arrest in the past two months. Asked about action taken after identifying 685 acquittals of drug peddlers, Mustafa replied, “Instructions are very clear. “In the last few months, the STF strategy has been revisited and reframed, bringing about a paradigm shift in its approach. Weekly coordination meetings being held.The personnel posted with STF assessed and screened after individual performance appraisal..