Annamayya Collector tells police to adopt zero-tolerance policy to curb drug abuse

Annamayya District Collector Nishanth Kumar on Friday (February 27) directed the police to intensify the drone-based surveillance and adopt a zero-tolerance policy to eradicate drug abuse within the district.

The Collector was chairing a gathering of the District Narcotics Coordination Committee (DNCC) on the Collectorate. Mr. Nishant Kumar known as for speedy measures to forestall the sale and consumption of ‘Cool Lip’, a nicotine product that was reportedly discovered close to a faculty campus at Chowdepalle close to Madanapalle on Thursday, which led to the seizure of tobacco merchandise price ₹20 lakh.

The Collector instructed the Training Division to implement the prohibition of tobacco merchandise close to academic establishments. Stressing the necessity to set up a de-addiction centre at Madanapalle, he stated NGOs might coordinate with the officers involved in establishing of a full-fledged facility.

Senior police officers knowledgeable the Collector that over 600 consciousness programmes, together with 3K runs and village-level campaigns, had been performed throughout academic establishments in Annamayya district. The toll-free helpline 1972 was being extensively publicised to encourage reporting of drug-related actions.

Drone surveillance, deployment of skilled sniffer canines at bus stations, railway stations and different congested public areas and implementation of ‘Operation Protected Campus’ had been among the many measures being taken, the police stated.

Later, releasing the ‘Medicine Vaddu Bro’ marketing campaign posters, Mr. Nishant Kumar highlighted the significance of counselling, psychological well being assist and steady post-rehabilitation monitoring to forestall relapse, and known as for sustained inter-departmental coordination to eradicate drug abuse.