Lack of dedicated cyber cell hits excise drive against drug menace

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Even as drug flow to the state continues unabated, the excise department is trying to tackle the menace with a big handicap. The excise does not have a proper cyber cell to collect information required to crack down the organised drug racket. Though the state government time and again maintains that the excise cyber cell is working, all it does is social media patrolling and forwarding the requests to police for digital details.