NEW DELHI: The Delhi Police arrested 255 alleged drug offenders and registered 212 narcotics cases during a 48-hour citywide crackdown under ‘Operation Kavach 14.0’, conducted at 4,035 locations across all 15 districts, officials said on Friday.
The operation was carried out from 6 pm on June 22 to 6 pm on June 24. Police seized 237 kg of ganja, five kg of OG ganja, 159.8 grams cocaine, one kg of heroin, 366.48 grams of charas, 101.1 grams mdma, 186 grams methamphetamine, 2,640 buprenorphine tablets, 287 pheniramine injections, and ` 23.27 lakh cash, officials said.
Special Commissioner of Police (crime) HGS Dhaliwal said 1,474 police teams from all police stations across the 15 districts, along with the Crime Branch and Special Cell , participated in the operation. Police also arrested 4,498 people under Sections 40A and 40 B of the Delhi Excise Act for drinking in public places and seized over 4,708 vehicles under section 66 of the Delhi Police Act during the operation.
Additionally, 1,900 people were arrested to prevent them from committing offences, while 444 were taken into preventive custody. A total of 60,806 people were detained under Section 65 the Delhi Police Act, and the presence of 5,977 history sheeters was verified, he said
Police prosecuted 8,768 people under the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act (COTPA), targeted 208 hotspots and checked 1,429 parks, public places and toilets during cordon-and-search operations (CASO). Action was taken against 397 alleged narco-offenders, while 161 foreign nationals were verified and deportation proceedings initiated against 21.
In 2026 till May 31, Delhi Police has arrested 1,418 narco-offenders in 1,812 NDPS cases and recovered about 23.3 kgs of heroin/smack, 1653.2 kgs of Ganja, 11 kgs of opium, 25 kgs of charas, 70.5 kgs poppy head and 56.6 kgs powder of Alprazolam, 52.8 Doda Post and 12 liters of Codeine Syrup, Dhaliwal further said.