Kolkata, July 28 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Tuesday showered accolades on Kolkata Police and Purulia District Police over successful joint operations by the two forces at Purulia against interstate drug trafficking.
“I commend the swift, coordinated and resolute action of our Law Enforcement Agencies. In a major breakthrough, last night, @KolkataPolice STF, in coordination with the Purulia District Police, successfully intercepted a major interstate drug trafficking operation,” said CM Adhikari in a social media post made on Tuesday morning.
The Chief Minister’s social media statement provided details of the joint operation, which took place late Monday night. According to him, acting on a tip-off, a truck was intercepted on National Highway-18 near the Belkuri Toll Plaza under Purulia Muffasil Police Station.
“A large quantity of contraband (ganja) was recovered from a specially concealed cavity behind the driver’s seat. Two escort vehicles moving from Odisha towards Asansol alongside the truck were also intercepted, and seven individuals have been detained in total,” read the social media statement by the Chief Minister.
He also said that the West Bengal government is maintaining a zero-tolerance policy towards illegal drug trafficking and any unlawful activities that threaten the safety and well-being of the state’s youth and society.
“I appreciate our police personnel for their relentless vigilance and dedication. We will continue to root out criminal networks with an iron fist,” the Chief Minister’s social media statement said. He also attached a video of the operations along with his statement.
Amid several negativities tagged with them during the 15 years of the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress regime in West Bengal from 2011 to 2026, Kolkata Police have started undergoing a series of reforms under the new Suvendu Adhikari-led BJP rule in the state, distinctively to revive the force’s past glory as the “Scotland Yard of the East”.
The most important reform undertaken by the city police is the reintroduction of the “code for police uniforms”, reportedly to stop the rampant misuse of plain-dress cops for political motives.
In a bid to ensure efficiency, the Kolkata Police recently issued an order barring their personnel at all levels from performing official duties in plain dress henceforth, with exceptions for those attached to certain specialised departments.
The departments that have been given exemptions include the Detective Department, the Special Branch, the Enforcement Branch, the Special Task Force, and the Cybercrime Division, considering that being in plain dress is an integral part of the duties they perform.
–IANS
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