NDPS instances surge in Keralas Ernakulam: Over 2,800 registered by excise and police in first seven months of 2025

Besides, 39 automobiles used for smuggling medication and ₹5.82 lakh have additionally been seized throughout the interval.

Though ganja continues to dominate the drug market with the seizure pegged at 357 kilograms, artificial medication proceed to indicate a rising pattern. MDMA topped the listing among the many artificial medication with almost 408 grams seized.

Nearly 348 grams of heroin have been seized throughout the interval adopted by cannabis with 169 grams. Among the opposite seized objects had been brown sugar (34 grams), charas (47 grams), cannabis oil (60 grams), methamphetamine (13 grams), LSD (0.84 grams), nitrazepam tablets (27 grams), lorazepam (120 grams), buprenorphine tablets (6.15 grams), tramadol (7 grams), clonazepam (9 grams), and hybrid ganja (2 grams).

Two weapons seized

Two weapons have additionally been seized.

“We have been capable of tighten up the enforcement and register extra instances throughout this yr as many pending vacancies in our places of work may very well be stuffed. Ganja continues to dominate the drug market whereas artificial medication are additionally being seized in small portions virtually each day. One factor now we have seen is the growing variety of ladies getting used as carriers,” mentioned T.M. Maju, Excise Deputy Commissioner, Ernakulam.

He mentioned medication are being more and more smuggled in via trains as excise has intensified checking inter-State buses.

The Ernakulam Rural police have registered 2,068 NDPS instances within the first six months of this yr, which has surpassed the overall variety of instances, 2,037, registered throughout the entire of 2024. Action has been initiated in opposition to 2,197 throughout the interval.

During the interval, 20 kilograms of ganja had been seized, which was greater than 225 kilograms seized throughout your complete 2024. MDMA seized as on June 30, 2025, stood at 750 grams, which was precisely the overall seizure throughout 2024. Besides, 88 grams of cannabis oil and 228 grams of heroin have additionally been seized as in opposition to 1,200 grams and 400 grams seized throughout 2024.

Besides, 500 sacks of banned tobacco merchandise had been seized from a go-down close to Perumbavur from the place provides had been being made to different States. In one other incident, 25 kilograms of ganja had been discovered hidden in cycle tubes.

“Ganja is being more and more smuggled in from Assam, Odisha, Andhra Pradesh and West Bengal concentrating on principally the migrant neighborhood. Bengaluru, Goa, and Delhi are among the many locations from which artificial medication are principally smuggled in,” mentioned Rural police sources.

District Police Chief (Ernakulam Rural) M. Hemalatha has intensified the drive in opposition to medication.