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With schools and colleges acceptable to reopen adjacent month, the Mangaluru metropolis constabulary person conducted random checks of students and different suspected cause consumers to cheque the grade of depletion of narcotic drugs.
Police Commissioner Sudheer Kumar Reddy said astir 400-odd tests were done successful the past fewer days and 13% of them were recovered affirmative for depletion of narcotic drugs. “The results are encouraging. It indicates that cause peddlers person chopped down connected the merchantability of narcotic drugs successful the city,” Mr. Reddy told The Hindu.
The constabulary volition proceed the thrust to drawback peddlers, done the consumers. The enactment taken connected merchantability and depletion of drugs astatine the constabulary presumption level volition proceed to beryllium reviewed by the him connected a play basis, the Commissioner said.
Following directions by the Home Minister, the Mangaluru metropolis constabulary and the Dakshina Kannada territory constabulary person been moving jointly to curb merchantability and depletion of drugs. “It is hard to marque the portion escaped from cause merchantability and consumption. We are utilizing instrumentality against peddlers and consumers to deter them,” Mr. Reddy said. The consumers are undergoing cause de-addiction sessions, helium added.
During the 2025-26 world year, the metropolis constabulary randomly visited colleges and conducted cause depletion tests. Of the 5,000-odd tests done, lone 12% were recovered positive. The metropolis police, connected December 31, randomly carried retired astir 400 tests astatine antithetic parties and recovered astir 13% affirmative for consumption, helium said.
Students, parents and institutions person been reporting astir cause depletion and income to the Mangaluru constabulary utilizing the QR-code-based anonymous reporting portal, which was launched successful June 2025.
