🧬 TOP Anti-Drug Proliferation Policy: A Safe Nation, A Strong Generation
Drugs destroy families, paralyse youth, feed crime, and corrode the future of a nation. In Mauritius, the silent war of drug trafficking and synthetic drugs has claimed too many lives and devastated too many communities.
TOP – Together Our People is committed to waging a new kind of war on drugs: one based on intelligence, rehabilitation, prevention, and international cooperation, backed by strong, independent institutions.
🔍 1. Creation of a New, Independent National Anti-Drug Authority (NADA)
- Establish a fully autonomous National Anti-Drug Authority, reporting directly to Parliament.
- NADA will consolidate intelligence, investigation, prosecution coordination, and rehabilitation strategy under one roof.
- Headed by an independent, apolitical commissioner with powers similar to a judge.
🕵️♂️ 2. Special Drug Intelligence Task Force (SDITF)
- Create a high-tech, AI-supported task force trained in cyber-tracking, dark web surveillance, and cross-border logistics.
- Officers seconded from police, customs, ports, and ICT sectors.
- Direct collaboration with Interpol, UNODC, and regional anti-narcotic bureaus.
💉 3. Total Reform of ADSU and Border Protection
- Dismantle and rebuild ADSU (Anti-Drug and Smuggling Unit) with fresh leadership, full transparency, and integrity vetting.
- Install smart surveillance systems at all ports and airports, including AI-powered container scanning and cargo tracking.
- Set up independent customs audit teams to monitor and verify all high-risk imports.
🧠 4. National Drug Prevention & Awareness Institute (NDPAI)
- Launch a new institution focused solely on education, youth outreach, and mental health in drug prevention.
- Develop school, college, and workplace campaigns through music, sport, influencers, and digital platforms.
- Mobilize faith-based, cultural and local NGOs as partners in drug resistance awareness.
🏥 5. New Rehabilitation & Reintegration System
- Create three state-of-the-art National Rehabilitation and Reintegration Centres, one per island region.
- Focus on treatment, education, mental health, skills training, and job placement.
- Decriminalise drug use for first-time users and treat them as patients, not criminals, while clamping down heavily on dealers.
👮 6. No Mercy for Traffickers, Dealers & Enablers
- Enforce maximum sentencing for large-scale traffickers, repeat dealers, and public officials involved in drug cover-ups.
- Fast-track Drug Offenders’ Court with no political interference.
- Launch a “Name and Shame” register for convicted drug lords and facilitators.
🌐 7. International Partnerships
- Sign enhanced extradition treaties and mutual legal assistance agreements with key countries.
- Host an Annual Indian Ocean Anti-Drug Conference to coordinate sea-border control, naval intelligence, and inter-island cooperation.
- Work with UNODC and African Union’s Plan of Action on Drug Control.
🛡️ “Protect Our People. Reclaim Our Streets.”
Mauritius cannot afford to lose another generation to addiction and crime. TOP will act with courage and compassion—not slogans.
We will build a drug-free future where youth thrive, families are safe, and traffickers fear the law.
Together Our People. Together Against Drugs.
