Kochi excise squad under lens for botching drug probe

Seizure of crystalline MDMA from a group of youngsters in Kottayam

The Excise Enforcement and Anti-Narcotics Special Squad, Ernakulam, is reportedly in the dock for allegedly ruining a sensitive inquiry into the seizure of crystalline MDMA, a synthetic narcotic drug, from a disparate group of youngsters in Kottayam recently. Excise Commissioner S. Anantha Krishnan has despatched Additional Excise Commissioner, Enforcement, Abdul Rashi to Kochi to record the statements of the errant officers. The nature of the investigation or what the special squad is suspected of having done remains unknown.