Overview
- Maharashtra tightened enforcement on Tuesday with the dismissal of police found linked to drug crimes and a pledge to create anti‑narcotics units in every police station to decentralise investigations and reward effective officers.
- Kerala’s Operation Toofan has generated thousands of cases, several thousand arrests and large MDMA and cannabis seizures while the chief minister has sought real‑time intelligence sharing and joint operations with Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry.
- State officials say the extradition and arrest of alleged trafficker Salim Dola followed a Red Corner Notice and led to the dismantling of much of an MDMA manufacturing and distribution network spanning multiple states.
- The Union Home Minister will chair the Narco‑Coordination Centre meeting on Friday and unveil the Vision Document on Narcotics Control (2026–29) that sets measurable targets, a network‑centric enforcement model and plans to expand NCB capacity and drug destruction drives.
- Coverage stresses pressure for legal and public‑health changes including NDPS amendments to limit easy bail for small‑quantity cases, increased use of organised‑crime laws such as MCOCA, bigger asset seizures and wider rehabilitation and prevention programmes focused on young people.