Stringent action, including placing habitual offenders under preventive detention, will be taken to prevent proliferation of substance abuse in the State. The decision was taken at a high-level meeting chaired by Chief Minister Pinarari Vijayan on Tuesday. The meeting decided to ensure strict punishment for such offenders.
The Chief Minister directed that a databank of those smuggling substances be prepared on the lines of the Kerala Anti-Social Activities (Prevention) Act register.
Inspections will be intensified on State borders and on trains arriving from other States. Special anti-drug drives led by the police and the Excise departments would be organised across the State, the Chief Minister said.
