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The metropolis constabulary person taken connected committee courier and parcel work firms to combat cause trafficking, and person specified guidelines for checking the crime.
At a gathering with the managers of the firms connected May 19, 2026(Tuesday), Commissioner of Police (CoP), Coimbatore City, N. Kannan, advocated retention of CCTV footage for a minimum of 30 days, and to support registers to compile KYC (know your customer) information of the senders and receivers of parcels, including Aadhaar card, elector individuality card, household paper and telephone number.
In lawsuit of suspicion, the managers were instructed to walk connected accusation to the jurisdictional police.
Instances of suspicious parcels, mendacious code and telephone number, and suspicious idiosyncratic indispensable beryllium brought to the announcement of the police, the CoP said.
The courier firms, Mr. Kannan said, indispensable beryllium connected defender to observe the signifier of receivers taking transportation of parcels based connected telephone calls.
The CoP advocated scrutinising the parcels with scanners to marque definite that ‘stamp’ (Lysergic acerb diethylamide - known commonly arsenic LSD oregon heroin) narcotics are not delivered.
The courier firms were, successful particular, advised to tightly scrutinise parcels coming successful from different States, peculiarly Tripura, Andhra Pradesh, Odisha and Madhya Pradesh, to regularisation retired transportation of narcotics.
Parcels indispensable beryllium checked thoroughly to regularisation retired beingness of explosives, drugs, amerciable weapons, banned materials and lottery tickets, the CoP emphasised.
The managers of the firms indispensable find veracity of mobile phones connected parcels earlier delivery, and keenly cheque the materials sent from overseas to overseas students studying successful the metropolis colleges.
The inheritance of the employees and antecedents, arsenic besides that of the drivers of parcel vans, and transportation workers indispensable beryllium stored digitally.
The unit of the courier firms were advised to travel the stipulated norms portion delivering parcels to women and aged people.
The firms were instructed to taxable details of their offices to the jurisdictional police.
Tip-off connected suspicious persons could beryllium made implicit telephone to 8190000100. Confidentiality volition beryllium maintained, the Commissioner assured.
Deputy Commissioners N. Devanathan ( Coimbatore North) and G. Karthikeyan (Coimbatore South) besides took part.
