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The Hindu — Editorial · 28 Oct
Small fish: On Operation Trident ↗

Consider the following statements regarding the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985, the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), and the institutional framework for narcotics enforcement in India:

Statements

  1. The Narco-Coordination Centre (NCORD) is a multi-agency platform designed to coordinate drug law enforcement across central agencies, State governments, and other stakeholders, and does not function as an investigative agency in itself.
  2. Under the NDPS Act, 1985, the burden of proof in certain offences — particularly those involving commercial quantities — is reversed, requiring the accused to prove innocence rather than the prosecution to establish guilt beyond reasonable doubt.
  3. The NCB, as the apex drug law enforcement body under the NDPS Act, has the mandate to follow the money trail in drug offences and coordinate with financial intelligence agencies, but the Act does not provide for attachment and forfeiture of property derived from drug trafficking.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

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