India, Feb. 27 -- The Navi Mumbai Police on Wednesday destroyed seized drugs worth Rs.10 crore, cleared for disposal by the courts. The drugs were destroyed at the government-approved Mumbai Waste Management Company in Taloja, Panvel. Minister of Forests, Ganesh Naik, and Panvel MLA, Prashant Thakur, were present on the occasion. The narcotics, confiscated in 40 drug-peddling cases, included ganja, charas, MD, MDMA, and LSD.

Navi Mumbai Police commissioner Milind Bharambe reiterated the city's zero-tolerance policy against drugs, stating that authorities are maintaining strict vigilance. "Efforts are underway to curb the spread of narcotics. The Navi Mumbai Police have been consistently conducting special operations to apprehend those in...