India, May 17 -- India's Home Minister, Amit Shah, at R.N. Kao Memorial Lecture proposed a common legal and enforcement framework to dismantle global narcotics syndicates.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday called for a coordinated international campaign against narcotics trafficking, warning that fragmented national responses would allow drug cartels and narco-terror networks to continue exploiting legal and policy gaps across borders.

Addressing the annual R.N. Kao Memorial Lecture organised by Research and Analysis Wing, Shah said India had adopted a "zero tolerance" policy towards narcotics and was working towards the national objective of achieving a drug-free India by 2047 under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi....