The Excise department is preparing to intensify inspection at border checkposts in Wayanad, the lone district that shares borders with Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, in the wake of a rise in drug smuggling.
“We are planning to intensify regular checking to foil attempts by the drug mafia to make the district a drug corridor,” A. Aboobacker Siddique, Assistant Excise Commissioner, Wayanad, told The Hindu.
A meeting of senior Excise officials, chaired by B. Pradeepan, North Zone Excise Joint Commissioner, recently decided to strengthen inspection on the Kerala-Karnataka borders at Bavali, Muthanga, and Tholpetty, Mr. Siddique said.
