Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said here on Wednesday that the State government would adopt a zero tolerance approach to drug peddlers, especially those targeting schoolchildren.
Addressing a meeting of representatives of media houses ahead of the month-long anti-narcotics campaign beginning October 2, Mr. Vijayan expressed concern over children falling prey to drugs, saying that the police and the Excise departments had been directed to use an iron hand to deal with drug peddlers.
The enforcement agencies would prepare a databank on drug peddlers and report legacy cases in court to ensure maximum punishment. Habitual peddlers would also be taken into preventive custody, he said.
