KBA Karim
Kochi
There are reports that an attempt is being made to bring large quantities of drugs to Kerala as part of the Christmas and New Year celebrations. Plans are underway to deliver the deadly drug MDMA. The police believe that the drugs seized in large quantities in Kerala, especially in Kochi, were brought as part of the New Year’s Eve trade. Police and Excise have taken strict measures to prevent the arrival of drugs, but the information received from those arrested in the past few days suggests that they should be very careful in the coming days.
Yesterday in Kochi, the deadly drug M.D. said that there is a plan to deliver large quantities of drugs for New Year’s Eve. M. The youth who was caught with A has confessed to the police. The youth, a native of Aluva, was arrested in a raid conducted following a tip-off received by the district police chief. Three people, including an 18-year-old girl, were arrested from Kochi yesterday. Kochi police seized MDMA from them for sale on New Year’s Eve.
When the police arrived, the three men were busy weighing and packing the MDMA. The young woman in the group is a civil aviation student. The arrested three-member group, natives of Idukki, have also stated that they had a plan to deliver large quantities of drugs for the New Year celebration. For this year’s New Year celebration, with the aim of completely preventing drunkenness, the association of hotels, police and excise are jointly devising big plans. According to the figures of the Excise Department, 18 kg of MDMA was seized in Kerala in the last one year. From January last year to July 2022, excise seized 15 kg of MDMA in the state and a large quantity of hashish oil was also seized.
Party nights are drunk
Ready to set free
As part of keeping alcohol free during festive nights, this time in Kochi city, identification document has been made mandatory to participate in Christmas and New Year parties. The Association of Organizers and Performers has clarified that if the government document is not made available, there will be no admission to the parties.
The Association of Organizers and Performers is tightening the protocol to prevent the presence of intoxicants. The number of bouncers will be increased and nooks and crannies will be checked. Identity proof and body check is mandatory. An organization called Association of Organizers and Performers has come forward to avoid the bad reputation of drunken presence in parties in Kochi.
