Police chiefs of seven northern states to hold meet against drug abuse

The Haryana Police will organise a meeting of police chiefs of seven northern states and Union Territory Chandigarh here on June 26 to evolve strategies for fighting drug abuse and trafficking, an official said Monday.

Haryana's Director General of Police Manoj Yadava said that a co-ordination meeting of the DGPs of northern States to discuss challenges of drug abuse and trafficking, and strategies to combat the same would be held here on the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking.

Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar will be the chief guest and address the participants during the concluding session, he said.

Haryana Chief Secretary D S Dhesi, Additional Chief Secretary (Home) S S Prasad and officers from the Narcotics Control Bureau in New Delhi would also be present, according to an official release said here.

Police chiefs from the states of Punjab, Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi and Union Territory Chandigarh ..