Huge quantity of seized drugs destroyed

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Amritsar, Updated At : 08:00 AM Aug 09, 2025 IST

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The Amritsar police have disposed of a huge quantity of seized drugs, including heroin, ICE (methamphetamine), intoxicants and narcotics powder seized in 182 cases in the past.

The seized drugs were destroyed by the incineration method at a local paper mill here on Friday.

Police Commissioner Gurpreet Singh Bhullar said the drugs were destroyed after taking due permission from the court and following the legal procedure. Among the narcotics destroyed included 151.5 kg of heroin, 1.3 kg of ICE, 14.4 kg of narcotics powder, 1.4 kg of methaclon powder, over 2 lakh of intoxicants and 1,435 injections.

He said the cases were scrutinised by the district drug disposal committee and permission was taken from the local court for disposing of the same.

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