The Uttar Pradesh government is working on a war footing to complete the construction of six new state-of-the-art forensic labs in the state. This will further strengthen the Anti-Narcotics Task Force (ANTF) in busting the narco nexus in the state. New labs are being built in Saharanpur, Ayodhya, Banda, Basti, Mirzapur and Azamgarh. There will now be a total of 18 forensic labs in the state. Presently 12 labs are functional.

Dealing with drug traffickers will be easier

A government spokesman said the new lab would make it easier to deal with drug peddlers. Abdul Hameed, Deputy Inspector General (DIG), ANTF, said that it takes a lot of time to send the seized drugs to the forensic lab for examination. At the same time, it takes more than 15 days to get the test report of these samples.

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Investigation report will be available within a week

“The new forensic lab will reduce the time taken for drug testing. Also, test reports of these samples will be available within a week, which will help in putting drug dealers behind bars,” he/she said. An amount of Rs 37.25 lakh will be released soon for the purchase of modern equipment for ANTF. Since the formation of ANTF in the last six months, 16 actions have been taken by the force in 11 districts of the state.

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