Delhi Customs destroys drugs worth Rs 515 crore at incineration facility

Indian Opinion Analysis

Both outlets led with the same figures, 165 kg of drugs worth ₹515 crore destroyed on 7 October, and attributed the operation to the same officials, suggesting they worked from the same PTI or government statement. The coverage is uniform straight reporting: neither source foregrounds a critique of anti-narcotics policy or questions the valuation of seized drugs, nor do they add a government-critical frame. The only editorial divergence is that Hindustan Times names the ‘Nasha Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan’ campaign by name, while CNBC-TV18 omits it, a minor framing choice that marginally strengthens the official narrative. A reader gets the same factual core from both: seven dozen cases, half a thousand kilograms of drugs seized at IGI Airport in the first half of FY26, and the incineration of 28 percent of that haul.