Kerala opposition chief says drug enforcement should “purify big fish, not target addicts”

VD Satheesan | Photo source: RK Nithin

Leaders of Kerala opposition VD Satheesan accused the excise tax and police of “finding an easy target among unfortunate and vulnerable drug users, rather than purifying the big fish in the narcotic trade.”

He said at a press conference in Aluva, Ernakulam on Saturday that the “hype” anti-drug enforcement driver of the Left Democratic Front (LDF) government “missed the forest of trees.”

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Mr Satheesan said drug users need sympathetic consultation, cancellation and recovery. “Currently, officials have found easy targets among addicted people who relapse into the old ways when they were released on bail in prison. The cycle of grief is repeated while the real traffickers walk freely,” he said.

Mr Satheesan accused the government of frustrated not squeezing anesthesia supply chains, mainly multinational networks that could inject potentially deadly synthetic drugs into domestic circulation in Kerala.

Instead, he claimed that the government relied on propaganda and propaganda campaigns to impress the fact that law enforcement officers severely saved the people from the threat of synthetic drugs.

Viable intelligence

Mr Satheesan said law enforcement officers found it easy to go to schools and universities and delivered a high Falutin speech on drug threats.

Instead, they should be committed to developing viable intelligence by infiltrating the depleted network of trade volumes and limiting the amount of trafficking of trade drugs, he said.

Mr Satheesan said police and the GST “seek” the “seek cover” behind the campaign and carried out anti-toxicity vows in public to break the drugs.

Mr Satheesan said law enforcement officers should leave such tasks to social and political organizations as well as to the health, social welfare and education sectors.

Synthetics appear to have spread across all walks of life in the state, and entertainment is no exception, he said.

He said drugs are available for free even in the most remote parts of Kerala. A large portion of the population, especially adolescents and students in schools, is particularly vulnerable to drug threats.

Mr. Sathisson also accused the Communist Party of India (Marxism) [CPI(M)] Provide political cover for gangs involved in drug trafficking.