Anti narcotics task force

• 26 Jul 2022 • 1 min read Why in News? On July 25, 2022, Rajasthan Chief Secretary Usha Sharma said that an Anti-Narcotics Task Force (ANTF) will be set up soon to control drugs in the state. This task force will specifically control the drug trade. Key Points • The Chief Secretary said this while chairing the 4th State Level Encord (NARCO Coordination) meeting organized by the Narcotics Control Bureau, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India at the Government Secretariat. • In the meeting, Chief Secretary Usha Sharma directed the Home Department to prepare a state level awareness strategy at the earliest to create awareness about drugs and take effective steps to control the increasing medicinal addiction among the youth. • He said that under the Amrit Mahotsav of Independence, an oath should be taken not to take drugs in programmes organized for school children in the state from August 12 to 15 and this pledge should be made part of the proposed rural Olympics in the state at the end of August, in which a large number of youth will participate.

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Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], April 14 (ANI): Intensifying its war against the narco nexus in the state, the Uttar Pradesh Government led by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has approved the transfer policy within the Police department for the smooth functioning of the Anti-Narcotics Task Force (ANTF), an official statement said on Friday. Under the new policy, the government will now post 450 police personnel on deputations within ANTF. The personnel will be deputed as inspectors, sub-inspectors, head constables, constables, constable drivers, sub-inspectors (Confidential), sub-inspectors/assistant sub-inspectors (clerk), sub-inspectors/assistant sub-inspectors (Accounts) and computer operators. As soon as the transfer policy was approved by the Yogi government, the department also fixed the qualification for these posts, the statement read. ANTF DIG Abdul Hameed said that “a letter was written to the government seeking appointments to about 450 posts for the smooth operation of ANTF, following which Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath approved the transfer policy, allowing the deputation of officers and policemen to these posts.” “The department has vacant positions for 16 inspectors, 38 sub-inspectors, 84 head constables, 162 constables, 5 SIM (Steno), 8 SI (M), 35 constable drivers, 2 SI (M), 8 ASI (M), 1 SI (M) Accounts, 44 Class IV, 1 ASI (M) Accounts, 8 drug inspectors, 8 pharmacists and 28 computer operators in the headquarters, 8 operational units and 6 Police Station...

Apart from DIGP (intelligent and NAB) of the The state government, in an order issued on March 23 in pursuance of the decision taken in the third Apex Level NCORD (Narco-Coordination Centre) Committee, re-constituted the task force. The task force will function as the NCORD secretariat for the state and will follow up on compliance of decisions taken in NCORD meetings at different levels, the order of the governor stated. The re-constitution of the task force came up barely a day after the first cabinet meeting of the new government led by N Biren Singh resolved to make Manipur drug free. The cabinet, while It has also resolved to identify poppy plantation areas in the state through satellite mapping and drone surveys.

The Special Investigations Bureau (SIB) houses numerous major crime task forces and other specialized investigative units for the Riverside County Sheriff’s Office. SIB has numerous personnel assigned to task forces with the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area, the California Department of Justice, San Bernardino County Sheriff’s, Drug Enforcement Administration, Federal Bureau of Investigations, United States Marshals Service, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms and Riverside County District Attorney’s Office. The teams at SIB include: Narcotics High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) Regional Methamphetamine Task Force (RMTF) Inland Narcotics Clearinghouse (INCH) Vehicle Interdiction Pipeline Enforcement Resource (VIPER) Marijuana Enforcement Team (MET) Southwest Corridor Narcotics Task Force (SWCNTF) Coachella Valley Narcotics Task Force (CVNTF) Gangs Major Crime Unit (MCU) Riverside County Gang Task Force (GTF) Gang Impact Team (GIT) Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF) Riverside Auto-Theft Interdiction Detail (RAID) Riverside County Anti-Human Trafficking Task Force (RCAHT) Sexual Assault Felony Enforcement (SAFE) Sheriff Takeover Racing Enforcement Team (STREET) These units within the Special Investigations Bureau investigate complex cases that often involve organized crime or other major crimes to include money laundering, racketeering, large-scale auto theft rings, human trafficking or drug trafficking organizations. Investigators and the support personnel a...