Where did 2,300kg drugs go? Gujarat Police says this after CAG raises questions
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The audit report showed Gujarat Police seized 6,510 kilograms of narcotics, but only 4,177 kilograms were destroyed later, revealing discrepancies between seized and disposed quantities over the reviewed period.
A recent report by the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) has raised serious concerns over the handling and storage of seized narcotics by Gujarat Police, revealing that more than 2,300 kilograms of drugs went missing over a 12-year period. They said that while some of it was "stolen", some was "eaten by rats".
According to the audit findings, a total of 6,510.54 kilograms of narcotics and 848 bottles were seized by Gujarat Police units, including the CID Crime and Special Operations Group (SOG), between August 2010 and November 2022.
However, discrepancies emerged when comparing the seized quantity with the amount eventually disposed of.
The CAG noted that between October 2022 and July 2023, around 4,177.86 kilograms of narcotics were officially destroyed.
This left an unexplained shortfall of approximately 2,332.68 kilograms—about 35 percent of the total seized drugs.
When questioned by the state Home Department, police officials attributed the missing quantity to a mix of theft, pest damage, and natural degradation.
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