Police intensify probe on WhatsApp groups targeting teens in drug cases in Kerala

KOZHIKODE: Police have intensified the probe on WhatsApp groups and other social media groups targeting teenagers and school children for the sale of narcotic substances. The investigation stems from the case of a 14-year-old student from a school in Kozhikode who fell into the drug mafia’s grip through a carefully coordinated digital trap.

The exploitation began on social media, specifically through an Instagram group consisting of approximately 25 members.