Overview

• The monsoon session bill seeks to apply MCOCA provisions to drug offenders currently prosecuted under the NDPS Act, targeting repeat traffickers with stricter bail rules.
• Every police station now hosts a dedicated NDPS unit and district coordination committee to streamline investigations across Maharashtra.
• The state plans to petition the Bombay High Court to establish fast-track courts for drug-related cases to speed up judicial outcomes.
• Investigations uncovered syndicates using third-stage cancer patients as couriers and leveraging courier services to smuggle hydroponic cannabis.
• New policies are being drafted to expand and upgrade addiction recovery centres and impose accountability on courier firms handling narcotics shipments.