Overview
- Kerala Home Minister Ramesh Chennithala announced Operation Toofan as a statewide anti-drug campaign that aims to dismantle the full narcotics supply chain.
- The plan calls for intensified police surveillance around schools and colleges timed with the new term and strict action against anyone selling drugs or tobacco near campuses.
- Authorities say the operation will pair local crackdowns with coordination with law-enforcement in other states to trace and disrupt interstate trafficking networks.
- Officials have highlighted a special focus on synthetic drugs, hybrid ganja and online marketplaces that use social media to connect buyers and sellers.
- The drive, which the government says takes effect this month, builds on past large operations such as Operation D-Hunt and includes promised reforms to make all 484 police stations more citizen-friendly, though no major arrests or seizures from Toofan have been reported so far.