India secures return of fugitive drug kingpin Virender Singh Basoya from UAE, Amit Shah hails ‘new milestone’
Union home minister Amit Shah announced the return of the fugitive drug kingpin on Friday as he hailed the ‘milestone’ of ‘zero-tolerance against narcotics’.
The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has successfully returned fugitive drug kingpin Virender Singh Basoya to India from the United Arab Emirates, according to Union Home Minister Amit Shah. Shah emphasized this achievement as a "milestone" of the government's "zero-tolerance policy towards narcotics." In a statement on X, Shah expressed the Modi government's relentless pursuit of drug traffickers hiding abroad, stating that no drug trafficker can escape Indian law.
Basoya was accused of orchestrating an international drug syndicate. In June, Shah introduced the government's Vision Document on Drug Control (2026-2029) and the Narcotics Control Bureau Annual Report-2025, outlining a three-year national plan to dismantle drug trafficking networks. The plan involves 40 ministries and departments collaborating on enforcement, intelligence, prevention, and rehabilitation efforts.
Shah also mentioned the ongoing review of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act and the classification of precursor chemicals and psychotropic substances used in drug production. In April, the NCB had secured the deportation of alleged global drug kingpin Mohammad Salim Dola from Turkey under Operation Global-Hunt.
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