Instructions regarding NDPS Act, 1985 - Customs - Instruction No. 10/2020-Customs

Instruction No. 10/2020-Customs F. No. 394/62/2019-Commr (Inv.-Customs) Government of India Ministry of Finance Department of Revenue Central Board of Indirect Taxes Customs (Investigation - Customs) 10th Floor, Tower-2, Jeevan Bharti Building, Parliament Street, New Delhi-110001 Tel. 011-21400625 Email ID: [email protected] Dated : 10/06/2020 To, All Principal Chief Commissioners/ Chief Commissioners of Customs/ Customs (Preventive) All Principal Chief Commissioners/ Chief Commissioners of Customs Central Excise, The Directors General, DRI/DGGI Madam/ Sir, Sub: Instructions regarding NDPS Act, 1985. I am directed to state that the Hon'ble Home Minister has directed that in all cross-border narcotics drug cases affected by the Custom formations, NDPS Act, 1985 should also be invoked under which Custom officers are duly empowered to provide effective deterrence to cross-border smuggling of drugs. Yours sincerely, (Zubair Riaz) Commissioner (Inv -Customs) CBIC, New Delhi