Call for curbing inter-State drug smuggling

Tamil Nadu Crime Branch Inspector General of Police (IGP) A. Saravana Sundar and Elite Anti-Narcotics Group for Law Enforcement (EAGLE) IGP Ake Ravi Krishna on Thursday held discussions on the measures to be taken to keep a check on inter-State drug and ganja smuggling.At a coordination meeting held at the EAGLE office at Mangalagiri on Thursday, Mr. Sundar and Mr. Krishna, along with EAGLE officers, decided to step up the network to curb drugs and ganja peddling.“We discussed on hotspots, conducting joint operations, surprise checks on trains, drug abuse, setting up pickets on State borders, setting up de-addiction and rehabilitation centres, coordination between Narcotics Control Bureau, Drug Control Administration and other agencies,” Mr. Krishna said.The Tamil Nadu Crime police have agreed to share intelligence inputs, information on organised drug peddling gangs, habitual offenders and consumers with the A.P. EAGLE, the IGP said.Director General of Police (DGP) Harish Kumar Gupta on Thursday flagged off a motorcycle rally titled ‘Fight Against Drugs’ at Mangalagiri to mark ‘Rashtriya Ekta Divas’ (Sardar Vallabhai Patel Jayanti) on October 31.The rally will pass through Hyderabad, Solapur, Pune, Daman, Mumbai and other cities and will reach Ekta Nagar in Gujarat by October 31, the DGP said.En route, various State and Central police forces, who are participating in the rally, will interact with the youth and students and create awareness against drugs and ganja, Mr. Ravi Krishna said. Published - October 15, 2026 11:06 pm IST