Drugs control agency -- Narcotics Control Bureau -- is facing shortage of drug detection kits that are used to identify drugs and precursors most commonly encountered in the illicit drug trade.

As per sources, the drug control agency is lacking 3,190 Narcotics Drug Detection Kits (NDDK), 622 Precursor Chemicals Detection Kits (PCDK) and 380 Ketamine Detection Kits (KDK) that assist a Drug Law Enforcement Officer (DLEO) in forming a reasonable belief about a substance being a drug.