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Home Minister Ramesh Chennithala has said that Operation Toofan, the Kerala government’s anti-drug enforcement, has yielded important results wrong days of its launch.
A full of 728 cases person been registered, starring to the apprehension of 795 people. The constabulary person besides seized assorted narcotic substances—625.6 grams of MDMA, 48.049 kg of ganja, 136 grams of hashish oil, and 480 ganja beedis. Narcotics substances worthy implicit ₹60 lakh were seized wrong 3 days.
As portion of the crackdown, the probe teams arrested 2 foreigners, suspected to beryllium drug-racket kingpins, from New Delhi and Bengaluru, successful abstracted cases registered successful Pathanamthitta. Both of them person been accused of smuggling drugs into Kerala, Mr. Chennithala added.
The nationalist person been encouraged to stock confidential accusation done 3 dedicated numbers. Information tin beryllium shared done dependable calls astatine 9497979794 and 9497927797, oregon done WhatsApp astatine 9995966666.
The constabulary person constituted 4 16-member teams crossed 84 constabulary sub-divisions successful the State arsenic portion of the enforcement drive. Besides, a dedicated wing—Toofan Intelligence—has been assigned to hint the root and sources of the contraband.
‘Reform successful SHO system’
Mr. Chennithala added that indispensable reforms volition beryllium made to the Station House Officer (SHO) strategy successful constabulary stations crossed Kerala successful a time-bound manner.
The authorities had appointed a committee to reappraisal the SHO system. A last determination would beryllium taken soon aft receiving the committee’s study and considering the recommendations of the State Police Chief successful the matter.
According to the Minister, the feedback received from some the nationalist and constabulary unit indicated that the transportation of presumption complaint to Circle Inspectors had reduced the information of Sub-Inspectors and thereby affected their performance. Many officers had besides expressed the presumption that the erstwhile strategy was much effective, helium claimed.
He, however, clarified that the authorities would not discontinue a strategy solely due to the fact that it was introduced by the erstwhile administration.
