Kerala Government initiates preventive detention for habitual drug offenders
The Hindu
Kerala CM Vijayan said charge sheets in drug peddling cases should include the previous offences of the suspect to ensure successful prosecution
Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said the State Government would initiate preventive incarceration for habitual drug offenders.
Replying to an adjournment motion moved by the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) Opposition in the Assembly on Wednesday, Mr. Vijayan said the Prevention Of Illicit Trafficking in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances, Act, 1988, provided for imprisonment without trial for up to two years.
However, law enforcers rarely used the provision.
Hence, Mr. Vijayan directed police and excise enforcers to apply the law doggedly to deter drug smugglers, peddlers, and their enablers.
Mr. Vijayan said charge sheets in drug peddling cases should include the previous offences of the suspect to ensure successful prosecution.
The courts should order drug case suspects to execute a heavy cash bond backed by sureties to ensure they would not relapse into the narcotic trade.
The CM also urged the police to collect intelligence on the drug trade.
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