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A full of 3,006 drug-related cases were registered by the Kochi City constabulary successful 2025, marking a spike from 2,475 specified cases reported successful the erstwhile year. As galore arsenic 3,325 radical were arrested nether the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act successful 2025, portion the fig of arrests recorded successful 2024 stood astatine 2,793, according to information from the police.
The emergence successful numbers reasserts the increasing interest implicit cause usage successful the city, though accrued constabulary surveillance is cited arsenic a crushed for the figures going up.
The metropolis constabulary seized 383.35 kg of suspected ganja arsenic against 333.51 kg successful 2024. The measurement of suspected MDMA seized astir doubled successful 2025 to 3.08 kg from 1.89 successful 2024. At slightest 20 kg of suspected ganja was seized successful December unsocial from wrong the metropolis constabulary limits successful abstracted incidents.
Of the cases booked nether the NDPS Act successful 2025, arsenic galore arsenic 2,034 pertain to seizure of tiny quantities. Only 55 cases were registered implicit the seizure of commercialized quantity, portion 127 were booked implicit intermediate quantity. The measurement successful each class varied arsenic per the quality of the narcotic item.
A full of 782 cases were registered implicit alleged depletion of narcotic substances.
Other large contraband seized successful 2025 see hashish lipid (289.58 gm), hashish (20.64 gm), cocaine (8.34 gm), LSD stamps (26), LSD sweetener cubes (18.45 gm), methamphetamine (424.64 gm) and ecstasy pills (41.84 gm).
Notably, the magnitude of ganja candy, which peddlers often usage to woo students, seized successful 2025 came down to 178.8 gm from 418 gm. The metropolis constabulary besides seized 346 nitrazepam tablets and 65 ampoules of lorazepam. In 2025, 1 lawsuit was registered for allegedly forging a aesculapian medicine to bargain narcotic drugs.
In astir cases, the seizures and arrests were made successful associated operations involving the District Anti-Narcotic Special Action Force (DANSAF) and teams from respective constabulary stations.
