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Police headquarters being networked to Kollam stations

Staff Reporter

Coastal police station at Neendakara to start functioning soon

KOLLAM: Kollam SP M.R. Ajithkumar has said the coastal police station at Neendakara will start functioning soon.

In a statement, Mr. Ajithkumar said the new police station would help to control smuggling through the sea route. Twenty-two personnel who would man the station had undergone a special training programme, he said.

In order to ensure prompt service to the public, the district police headquarters here was being linked to all police stations in the district through a computer network. Five computers each had been installed at 31 police stations for the purpose.

Mr. Ajithkumar said during the past year, the Kollam police had registered commendable performance in crime detection and prevention.

Among the crimes solved were the murder of a cashew worker at Sasthamcotta, the rape and murder of a minor at Kulathupuzha, a robbery at Pathanapuram after the murder of a 70-year-old man and his seven-year-old granddaughter, and the death of a tea vendor at Kottiyam. Robberies at Eravipuram, Kottarakara and Paravur were also solved.

The police had also taken steps to bust the operations of the sand and hooch mafias in the district. As many as 1,230 lorries engaged in illegal sand-mining were taken into custody.

A total of 633 illicit liquor cases were registered and 24,971 litres of spirit, 799 litres of arrack, 24,457 litres of wash and 1,721 litres of hooch were seized. Fifteen vehicles engaged in illicit liquor transport were also seized.

The police took up activities to strictly enforce and create awareness of road rules. As many as 58,967 cases were registered for violation of traffic rules. Strong action was also initiated against anti-social activities. Two persons were detained under the goonda ordinance.

Community policing system began in the district at Thalavoor panchayat. More panchayats would soon be covered under the system, Mr. Ajithkumar said.

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