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Kerala's new narcotics squad stopped registering excise cases due to order ambiguities, causing a decline in local cases. Officials expect a clarifying notification soon to resume normal operations alongside new uniform supplies.
Kerala has formed an Anti-Narcotics Investigation Team to tackle major drug networks, operating through three units and focusing on high-value cases, as Operation Toofan arrests escalate.
Teachers arrested in a Vadakara MDMA seizure were allegedly part of a larger narcotics network, with significant financial transactions in their bank accounts indicating a well-organised operation.
Three teachers, including a special educator, have been arrested in Kozhikode for alleged drug use and distribution, raising concerns about narcotics in the education sector.
Two Odisha natives were arrested in Kozhikode with 4.24kg of cannabis. Separately, a man was held with 2,000 packets of banned tobacco products.
Under Operation Toofan, a man was arrested with 400kg of tobacco products, valued at ₹10 lakh, from Mysuru to Ernakulam, following a joint police operation.
Two men were arrested in Kozhikode with 51 grams of MDMA during Operation Toofan, a statewide anti-drug crackdown. Police are investigating the source and distribution network.
Customs officials are burning 16 tonnes of contraband cigarettes, valued at over ₹17 crore, a significant disposal taking around a month.
The direction came from a Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Soumen Sen and Justice C Jayachandran while hearing a batch of petitions related to drug abuse and enforcement of the NDPS Act.
According to the NCB, Sandeep Sajeev, a native of North Paravur now residing in Hull City, UK, works in the logistics sector.
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