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Frequent flash inspections based connected quality inputs and follow-up probe enabled the Kozhikode City police’s anti-narcotics squads to nab 1,948 suspects successful cause trafficking cases implicit the past 10 months. During the period, the peculiar squads besides registered 1,768 cases, frankincense delivering a beardown stroke to the inter-State and inter-district cause trafficking network.
Senior officials with the anti-narcotics squad said that the forfeiture of illegally acquired properties by suspected cause traffickers and the preventive detention of repetition offenders nether the Prevention of Illicit Traffic successful Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (PIT NDPS) Act had importantly boosted enforcement efforts. During the run period, the constabulary reportedly seized 3,353.5 grams of MDMA and 123.6 kg of ganja, on with important quantities of hashish oil, ecstasy pills, and brownish sugar.
Figures from the District Crime Records Bureau (DCRB) besides confirmed that the peculiar squads had maintained consistency successful their field-level actions successful tracking cause trafficking cases. Last year, the squads arrested 1,985 suspects nether the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, registering 1,835 cases, including 31 incidents involving commercialized quantities of drugs.
“A cardinal inaugural successful 2025 was the stringent forfeiture of illegally acquired spot nether conception 68F (1) of the NDPS Act, 1985. Properties of astir 10 repetition offenders were forfeited with authorisation from the Appellate Tribunal for Forfeited Property established nether the Smugglers and Foreign Exchange manipulators (Forfeiture of Property) Act, 1976,” said a constabulary serviceman who was portion of a bid of flash inspections conducted nether the District Anti-Narcotics Special Action Force. He added that efforts were continuing to forfeit assets of much predominant offenders.
As per the DCRB records, the full quantity of MDMA seized past twelvemonth was 3,107.52 grams. This was isolated from the seizure of 157 kg of ganja and 185 grams of LSD. Most cases registered successful the metropolis were related to synthetic cause consumption, financing of illicit trafficking, and harbouring offenders. Most peculiar drives were coordinated by a squad of peculiar squads nether Deputy Commissioner of Police Arun K. Pavithran.
According to District Police Chief (Kozhikode City) T. Narayanan, the police, on with heightened enforcement activities, played a important relation successful creating due consciousness among schoolhouse and assemblage students against cause abuse. He said the ‘No Never’ consciousness run launched by the constabulary successful 2025 made commendable strides successful uniting assorted residents’ forums, schools, and colleges successful Kozhikode metropolis for the cause.
