Overview
- District Magistrate Rakesh Minhas ordered courier, parcel and logistics operators to stop accepting, booking or transporting narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances or other contraband without a valid NDPS transport permit under applicable drug regulations.
- Operators must verify consignor and consignee identities with government-issued ID and maintain complete consignment records, including parcel descriptions, weights, booking dates and payment transaction details.
- All employees—delivery staff, loaders, booking clerks and franchise workers—must undergo local police verification, with an updated register of verified personnel kept by each operator.
- Companies are required to train staff to identify suspicious consignments and to report such parcels immediately to the nearest police authority.
- Issued ex-parte under Section 163 of the BNSS, the order is in force for eight weeks with the Senior Superintendent of Police tasked to inspect and take legal action, including seizures, license cancellation, fines and prosecution under NDPS and related laws.