According to the NDPSSA Act 2005, Section 59, the Royal Government has formally commissioned the “Narcotic Control Board (NCB)” on the 15 June 2006 by His Excellency the Lyonchen and the first meeting too was convened on the same day. The NCB has 11 board members consisting of representatives from MoH, MoE, MoHCA, MTI, RBP, Department of Revenue and Customs, NGo and 3 Civil Society Representatives.
As per the NDPSSA Act 2005 of the Section 64 & 65 the RCSC appointed the Executive Director in September 2006 The newly appointed ED officially took over responsibilities of establishing the “Bhutan Narcotic Control Agency(BNCA)” from Nov 2006. The office of the BNCA is fully functional now with two Chief
Programme Officers to head Demand Reduction Division and Supply Reduction
Division, personal assistant, office messenger and account assistant.
Different measure of control are specified in this Act for different plants, drugs and substances according to the classification so adopted to ensure that drugs are available exclusively of medical, veterinary and scientific purpose with the strictest measure being applied in relating to those listed in Schedule I less strict measure in relating to those listed in Schedule II and the least strict in relating to those listed in Schedule III.
The enforcement agency, mainly the Drug Enforcement Division of the Royal Bhutan Police, has been making sporadic seizures of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances since 1989.
