Thiruvananthapuram, July 10 -- Keralam Home Minister Ramesh Chennithala on Friday said the southern states have agreed to strengthen coordination against drug trafficking, asserting that the common goal is to eradicate the drug menace from the region following a meeting of Directors General of Police (DGPs) and central enforcement agencies under Operation Toofan.

The meeting, held at the Police Headquarters in Thiruvananthapuram, brought together DGPs of southern states along with officials from central agencies, including intelligence agencies, the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) and Customs, to chalk out a joint strategy against narcotics trafficking.

"Today, all the southern state DGPs met here at the police headquarters. T...