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Kerala says Operation Toofan has led to 15,742 arrests
Kerala’s Operation Toofan has led to 15,742 arrests, Home Minister Ramesh Chennithala said on November 9.
The statewide police campaign began five months ago to tackle drug trafficking and substance abuse.
Police have registered more than 13,500 cases as part of the campaign, according to the minister.
He said narcotics worth ₹200 crore had been seized and destroyed, while some people faced action under state laws or preventive detention.
The campaign will continue until drug trafficking is rooted out, Chennithala said.
Police have also been told to work with counterparts in Tamil Nadu and Karnataka, which share borders with Wayanad.
Operation Toofan has led to 15,742 arrests and more than 13,500 cases, Home Minister Ramesh Chennithala said.
The statewide campaign targets drug trafficking and substance abuse in Keralam.
Chennithala said the campaign would continue until the drug mafia was rooted out of the State.
Authorities have seized and destroyed narcotic substances worth ₹200 crore, he said.
- Who
- Keralam Police, under the campaign, and the people arrested.
- What
- Operation Toofan has led to 15,742 arrests and more than 13,500 cases, the Home Minister said.
- When
- The campaign began five months before November 9, 2026.
- Where
- Keralam.
- Why
- The campaign aims to crack down on drug trafficking and substance abuse.
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Keralam Police launched Operation Toofan to crack down on drug trafficking and substance abuse.
Home Minister Ramesh Chennithala reported the campaign’s arrest and case figures after a foundation-stone event in Mananthavady.
- Arrests
- 15,742
- Cases
- More than 13,500
- Campaign launch
- Five months before November 9, 2026
- Narcotics seized and destroyed
- Worth ₹200 crore
- KAAPA cases
- 60 people brought under the Act