Kerala recorded 8,622 NDPS Act cases till August 2025, the highest ever, surpassing previous years. Excise officials cite both rising drug inflow and tighter enforcement. Alarmingly, over 300 students have been arrested this year, with seizures reported from schools and colleges.
An NIA spokesperson here said that the anti-terror probe agency carried out searches at seven locations in Chennai and Thiruvallur districts of Tamil Nadu and Ernakulam district of Kerala at the premises of accused
