Coimbatore police tighten grip on drug peddlers in 2022
The Hindu
COIMBATORE The Coimbatore District (Rural) and the City Police tightened their grip against the drug
The Coimbatore District (Rural) and the City Police tightened their grip against the drug peddlers in 2022 and plan to continue the vigil in 2023 to make the city and villages drug-free.
Superintendent of Police V. Badrinarayanan said the rural police registered 495 cases under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, in which 687 persons were arrested and 664 kg of ganja seized in 2022.
A total of 19.44 tonnes of gutka was seized, and 1,025 cases were registered under the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act (COTPA).
Talking to presspersons after handing over 146 recovered mobile phones worth ₹24.95 lakh to the rightful owners at the District Police Office on Saturday, Mr. Badrinarayanan said 750 mobiles phones worth ₹1.31 crore were recovered in 2022 and handed over to the owners.
The police registered 38 cases under the Goondas Act and two cases under the National Security Act, in 2022. A total of 94 persons were arrested related to 35 murder cases, and eight persons were remanded in five murder-for-gain cases.
As many as 218 cases were registered under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, and 239 persons were remanded. Eighteen such cases were convicted in 2022, he said.
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