Kochi Reports Spike in NDPS Cases and Drug Seizures

Speedy Summary

• Spike in NDPS Cases: Kochi City police reported a notable increase in cases under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act during the first eight months of 2025 compared to previous years.
• Cases Registered & Arrests: 2,475 cases were registered in Kochi under NDPS laws last year; already 2,138 cases have been filed this year.Arrests include 2,793 people in 2024 and 2,372 so far this year.
• Drug Seizures:

– Commercial quantities seized: 44 instances last year versus 34 this year as of August.
– Intermediate quantities approaching last year’s figures (118 vs. current total of 90).- Small quantity seizures stood at 1,699 last year and currently total at least 1,508 for this year.- Suspected substances confiscated so far include:
– ganja (~325 kg), MDMA (~2.41 kg surpassing last year’s total), methamphetamine (~229 gm compared to only ~30 gm in the previous period).
– Hashish oil drastically dropped from ~1,546 gm last year to ~172 gm so far this year.
– LSD stamps fell from over a hundred instances recorded/Hashish more stat=>etc==)

health-tight exceptions tighter/range tightened clusters tightened ++)