‘Operation Toofan’: special programmes launched in Kozhikode

Key points

• District Police Chief (Kozhikode City) Merin Joseph launched special programmes under ‘Operation Toofan’, the State-wide anti-narcotics drive of the Kerala Police, at Loyola School here on Friday (June 5).
• The programme, held on the occasion of World Environment Day, was marked by the planting of a sapling by Ms. Joseph under the School Plant Against Drug Abuse (SPAD) project.
• Addressing the gathering, Ms. Joseph said the operation was aimed at dismantling drug trafficking networks while creating awareness about substance abuse.
• It would also strengthen coordinated action by the police and other enforcement agencies against narcotics-related activities, she added.
• Highlighting the vision behind the initiative, she said the focus was not on increasing the number of arrests but on discouraging new users, helping those in the early stages of substance use quit, and tracing the root sources of drug supply chains.