‘Operation Save Campus Zone’ conducted near schools, colleges in Eluru and NTR districts

Police teams, led by Superintendent of Police (SP) K. Prathap Siva Kishore, conducted the ‘Operation Save Campus Zone’, in Eluru district, on Tuesday. Multiple teams conducted searches near schools and colleges to prevent the sale of cigarettes and ganja in all mandals in Nuzvid, Polavaram, Eluru and Jangareddygudem in the district.

“We conducted raids on shops located near educational institutions and seized cigarettes. Cigarettes and prohibited material should not be sold within 100 metres from the institution,” the SP said.

Meanwhile, in the NTR Commissionerate, police teams led by Police Commissioner S.V. Raja Sekhara Babu conducted raids in the shops to check sale of gutkha, cigarettes and other sedatives. Deputy Commissioners of Police K.M. Maheshwara Raju and K.G.V. Saritha and ACPs searched the shops at various locations in Vijayawada and the neighbouring places, where schools and colleges were located.

Stern action would be taken against those who sell cigarettes and other prohibited material to students, the Police Commissioner warned.