The Excise department has opened control rooms in Thiruvananthapuram district in connection with the Lok Sabha elections for preventing the smuggling of spurious liquor, spirit and drugs.
The department had launched a Special Enforcement Drive on February 23 in this regard. The control room is operational round the clock. The district has been divided into two zones. Two ‘Striking Force’ units, a border patrol unit for the Kerala Tamil Nadu border, and a highway patrol unit have already been deployed.
Arrangements have also been made to monitor bars, hotels, beer and wine parlours, ayurveda pharmacies and toddy parlours during the drive.
