Various online food distribution services and their network of delivery personnel are under the observation of State Excise enforcement agencies after it has been found that these delivery networks are being used to distribute or sell narcotic substances under the guise of food packs, Excise and Labour Minister T.P. Ramakrishnan has said.
Replying to questions by M.K. Muneer, K.N.A. Khader and others, Mr. Ramakrishnan said three cases of using food delivery networks to distribute narcotics had been registered in the State and 16 persons arrested in this regard.
