NCB to open Chhattisgarh office

Raipur: The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) is set to open an office in Chhattisgarh.

"Seeing the gravity of drug trafficking in Chhattisgarh, the government had sent a proposal to the central government to open an NCB office here," said Principal Secretary (Home) N K Aswal.

The proposal, he said, had been approved. "The office will start functioning soon."

Chhattisgarh has been a hub of drug trafficking, mainly of Ganja(cannabis), which is smuggled from Odisha for supplying to other parts of the country, officials say. Raipur is reputedly a transit point.