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Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar unveiled an assertive anti-drug and policing docket successful the argumentation code to the Legislative Assembly connected Friday (May 29, 2026). He announced a sweeping modernisation of the Excise and Home departments, a State-wide anti-drug ngo and a zero-tolerance crackdown connected narcotic networks, cyber transgression and organised crime.
The code said Kerala could nary longer tackle narcotic abuse, organised cause networks, intoxicant addiction and gross leakages done “outdated systems and accepted approaches”, and declared that the Excise section would beryllium rebuilt arsenic a modern, intelligence-driven and technology-enabled instauration that is focused connected nationalist welfare, younker extortion and transparent governance.
The Excise section volition acquisition broad modernisation with enhanced enforcement capacity, integer surveillance tools, strengthened quality networks, cyber-monitoring systems and specialised grooming aimed astatine disrupting narcotic and illicit substance proviso chains and eliminating organised cause networks.
The government’s anti-substance maltreatment strategy would remainder connected 3 pillars, viz., strict enforcement to dismantle proviso chains, sustained consciousness and behavioural alteration campaigns to trim demand, and a rehabilitation-focused nationalist wellness attack for those addicted to narcotic substances. The Excise section volition intimately coordinate with the Home and Health departments to instrumentality the strategy crossed the State.
Citing substance maltreatment and intoxicant addiction arsenic superior threats to health, household stableness and productivity, the Governor announced that efforts would beryllium made to trim intoxicant depletion successful a phased manner.
Anti-drug mission
A State-wide anti-drug ngo volition beryllium launched with the caller world twelvemonth successful June successful coordination with the Home, Health and Education Departments with a peculiar absorption connected protecting children and younker from substance abuse. The authorities besides reiterated its “zero-tolerance attack towards narcotic mafias, peddlers, suppliers and organised transgression networks”.
Regarding the Kerala Police’s caller anti-drug enforcement inaugural ‘Operation Toofan’, the Governor said the thrust volition absorption connected utilizing statutory laws specified arsenic the NDPS Act and PIT-NDPS Act to frost assets, dismantle inter-State proviso chains and make an “impenetrable information shield” astir society.
Moreover, a dedicated State Narcotic Enforcement Bureau volition beryllium established for specialised enforcement, including cyber surveillance of online cause networks, portion the Vimukthi Mission volition beryllium strengthened for community-based rehabilitation. Awareness campaigns volition besides beryllium intensified successful schools and colleges.
