Excise sleuths seize over 650 kg of ganja in Thiruvananthapuram city within two days
The Hindu
The consignment worth ₹3.25 crore, which is suspected to have been sourced from Rajahmundry in Andhra Pradesh, was intended to be supplied among drug peddlers in the city
A day after seizing 405 kg of ganja near Balaramapuram, an excise enforcement squad caught two youths with alleged possession of 250 kg of the contraband in Akkulam on Saturday. The State Excise Enforcement Squad arrested Banash of Idukki and Ajnas of Areekode in Malappuzha, both aged 27, with the stash that was found concealed in a parked lorry. The duo managed to cross the Kerala-Tamil Nadu border at Vazhikkadavu near Nilambur under the guise of transporting disposable cups. The consignment, which is suspected to have been sourced from Rajahmundry in Andhra Pradesh, was intended to be supplied among drug peddlers in the city. The excise officers received information about the operation from two people, Harikrishnan of Thirumala and Ashkar of Vallakkadavu, who were caught a day ago with alleged possession of 405kg of ganja from Thachottukavu.
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