City sees over 300 drug cases in first three months of year

Police take action on 240 complaints received through app

The Kochi city seems to have started the New Year on a high going by the number of drug cases registered by the City Police Commissionerate in just the first three months of the year. The number of cases stood at 368 and arrests at 406. Among the seized items were 26.34 kg of ganja, 733 LSD stamps, 108 nitrazepam tablets, 116.59 grams of MDMA, 1.34 kg of hashish oil, 5 grams of hashish, and ₹8.04 lakh. It was for the first time that 733 LSD stamps were seized in a single operation anywhere in the State. Four persons were also arrested in that connection. Constant inspections are being conducted to check the drug flow into the city at the direction of the District Police Chief (Kochi City) C.H. Nagaraju. The operations are being supervised by Deputy Police Commissioner (Law and Order and Traffic) Aishwarya Dongre and Narcotic Cell Assistant Commissioner K.A. Thomas and conducted by the Kochi City District Anti-Narcotics Special Action Task Force (DANSAF) and the special operation group members with the help of the sniffer dog Bravo specially trained in detecting drugs.