Operation Toofan: 15,515 arrested, 14,369 cases registered in 5 months

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM The Keralam Police have arrested 15,515 people and registered 14,369 cases during the first five months of Operation Toofan, the State-wide campaign launched to crackdown on drug trafficking and substance abuse. Inspector General Putta Vimaladitya, the State nodal officer of Operation Toofan, who addressed a press conference here on Wednesday, said 1,173 people among those arrested have also been remanded in judicial custody. The police seized 28.659 kg of MDMA and 1,960.139 kg of ganja during the operation.

The other confiscated substances included 7,261.352 g of hashish oil, 778.309 g of brown sugar, 1,226.678 g of methamphetamine, 673.076 g of heroin, 606.81 g of charas and 27.634 g of cocaine. The seizures also included hashish, LSD stamps, nitrazepam and opium. Of the cases registered, 193 involved commercial quantities of narcotic substances, while 638 concerned intermediate quantities.

A further 4,651 cases involved small quantities of drugs.