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Tamil Nadu government’s purpose to person sniffer dogs specialised successful detecting narcotic substances successful each cities/districts has gained momentum arsenic 17 retired of the 35 pups sanctioned for the inaugural are presently being trained astatine 3 centres.
Of the 17 pups, 7 are undergoing grooming successful Chennai, 8 successful Coimbatore (in 2 batches of four) and 2 successful Madurai.
Officials successful the cognize of the improvement said that grooming of 4 pups is expected to statesman soon and 14 much pups volition beryllium procured for grooming astatine the 3 centres, based connected availability of slots.
It was successful a fund league connected June 29, 2024, Chief Minister M.K. Stalin announced the government’s program to person dogs trained to observe narcotics successful each cities/districts. The State authorities sanctioned ₹52.66 lakh successful November 2024 towards the acquisition and attraction of 35 pups for six commissionerates (city police), namely Tiruppur, Tirunelveli, Avadi, Salem, Tiruchi and Madurai, and for 29 districts (rural police), including Nagapattinam, Namakkal, Dharmapuri, the Nilgiris, Salem, Coimbatore and Tiruppur.
At present, sniffer dogs trained to observe narcotics are disposable with canine squads successful Perambalur, Theni, Ramanathapuram, Thoothukudi, Government Railway Police (2), Chennai city, Coimbatore city, Madurai metropolis and Tamil Nadu Commando School and Narcotic Intelligence Bureau CID (NIB-CID) branches successful Tiruchi, Madurai and Coimbatore.
Speaking to The Hindu, A. Amalraj, Additional Director-General of Police, Enforcement Bureau-CID, said the program to person sniffer dogs trained to observe narcotics successful each districts is to curb the merchantability and circulation of drugs.
He said that the caller pups volition beryllium trained to observe a assortment of narcotics, ranging from accepted drugs similar ganja to synthetic drugs.
Personnel with the canine squad successful Coimbatore said random checks are being conducted with its sniffer canine (narcotics) astatine railway platforms and different places, to support the canine progressive with regular tract enactment and clamp down connected drugs, arsenic per the instructions of City Police Commissioner A. Saravana Sundar.
The K-9 squad grooming centre successful Coimbatore has 15 kennels. Chennai and Madurai person 8 kennels each. The duration of the grooming is six months, during which the handlers from their respective city/district volition person to enactment astatine the centres.
