Navi Mumbai witnessed 60% dip in narcotics cases in 2020
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Drop due to closure of schools, colleges, pubs amid pandemic
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Drop due to closure of schools, colleges, pubs amid pandemic
Navi Mumbai saw a dip in narcotics cases by 60% in 2020. While 153 cases were registered in 2019, the figure came down to 61 in 2020.
The number of people arrested in 2019 were 249 from whom ₹3.01 crore worth of drugs were seized, while in 2020, a total of 86 people were arrested from whom drugs valued at ₹92.55 lakh were confiscated.
Anti-Narcotics Cell (ANC) officials said due to the pandemic, schools, colleges and pubs remained shut, and hence demand was low.