Kerala Police gets 164 new vehicles for anti-narcotic and anti-terror work

14 October 2026

Home Minister Ramesh Chennithala flagged off 164 new police vehicles at the Police Training College, Thycaud.
Of these, 84 vehicles bought for ₹10.92 crore are for anti-drug work including DANSAF.
24 vehicles costing ₹5.04 crore go to district and range-level Narcotic Control Units.
56 vehicles costing ₹7.69 crore are for the district Anti-Terrorist Squads and the Intelligence wing, including counter-intelligence.
The minister also honoured Kerala Police athletes who did well at the Asian Games: Assistant Commandant Sajan Prakash and Havildars Manu T.S., Ansa Babu and Erin Varghese.
State Police Chief Ravada Azad Chandrasekhar presided.