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This came to the fore in a case involving a 31-year-old man arrested last year from Kochi’s Banerji Road for reportedly smoking a ganja beedi.

What of seized ganja beedi? Cops in spot over process in drug cases

06 Feb 2026

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At present, the excise department has around 360 personnel in Ernakulam district, including support personnel.

‘Short-staffed’ excise feels heat as Kerala police take lead in drug arrests

06 Feb 2026

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Love & loot: Matrimonial scams run from southeast Asia, victims silent

05 Feb 2026

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Non-functional surveillance cameras at a traffic signal in Kochi

Signal trouble! Expired traffic light contract adds to police’s tech woes

05 Feb 2026

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Hike on paper, hunger in reality – an undertrial prisoner’s fight for fair pay in Kerala

01 Feb 2026

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His arrest, however, raises a question police officers admit they grapple with daily: Is he the only Bangladeshi national illegally working in the state?

Bangladeshi nationals, Kerala Police and deportation puzzle

31 Jan 2026

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