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The Kerala Police is ready to call a meeting of filmmakers, actors and distributors in Kochi on Saturday (April 26, 2025) to address alleged widespread use of drugs in the Kerala Police Entertainment Industry.
Manoj Abraham, Additional Director General of Police (ADGP), law and order, told Hindu The misuse of that synthetic drugs burnt many famous celebrities and low-term artists and technicians with young demographic.
In addition, he said that the increased alcoholic risk has surrounded the industry. Shri Abraham also flagged the social risk of misuse of drug abuse.
Officials said the Internal Complaints Committees (ICC) were mandatory on the film set. She noted that harassment and trauma by two female artists had revealed, which she allegedly faced with drug-affected co-stars, underlining the need to work closely with law enforcement to such committees.
Surprise check
Meanwhile, the police have entrusted the District Anti-Nashi Special Action Force (DANSAF) units to collect actionable intelligence on smuggling networks on a profit smuggling network by supplying drugs to personality in the film industry.
They have authorized the Dansaf plaincloths squad, including women, including women, who host the green room for actors and technicians and drugs, to conduct surprise tests at caravan, film sets and hotels. The police will also deploy the latest drug testing kit to detect drug loss.
The police will also examine the background of employees serving the film set including Caterrs, Production Assistant, Chafeers and Bouncers.
Officials said drug peddlers feel that they have found a rich and elite customer for drugs such as powerful and expensive hybrid ganja and “Crystal Meth” in the film industry.
The Excise Department has called various entertainment industry data, including two film actors, several models and a reality television stars, recently about the seizure of illegally illegally imported hybrid cannabis.
Authorities seized “hybrid cannabis” as a genetic clone in Alappuzha, which are highly powerful stress of cannabis cultivated in controlled environments using advanced hydroponic techniques.
Thailand-Kithamandu Trail
The accused in the Alappuzha case allegedly smuggled the drug from Thailand, where the law enforcement officials said, drug cultivation was done on a commercial scale in the basement and shut-down industrial facilities.
According to sources in the intoxicating control bureau (NCB), the drug found its way in India mostly through land routes from Kathmandu, a “transit point” for hybrid cannabis was often hidden from Bangkok in a confectionery parcel.
The drug reached Goa in Karnataka and smugglers in Bengaluru, from where a part of the narcotics reached a niche customer in Kerala. Recently, the Excise Department arrested a film stunt artist in Thiruvananthapuram for smuggling alleged hybrid cannabis from Thailand.
Courier route
In particular, customs in Kerala stopped some consignments of hybrid cannabis through airports hidden in food packets.
It has also seized a ganja parcel sent to a address in Kerala through an international air parcel in Kochi.
Published – April 25, 2025 01:29 pm IST
