Published Nov 27, 2022 | 5:13 PM ⚊ Updated Nov 27, 2022 | 5:13 PM
Two people arrested in Malappuram for drug smuggling. Representational Image. (Creative Commons)
Two persons were arrested from the Pandikad area of Malappuram district in Kerala for allegedly smuggling drugs into the state, according to the police.
A total of 103 gm of Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) worth lakhs of rupees was seized from them on the night of 26 November, the police said.
An officer of Pandikad police station said the arrest was made based on a tip-off that the two would be trying to smuggle in the drugs from Bengaluru.
The police lay in wait and on identifying the vehicle in which the two were travelling, they were stopped and checked, the officer said.
On frisking the two, the drugs were found strapped to the lower leg of one of them, the officer said.
The arrests were recorded and the two would be produced before a court by Sunday evening, the officer said.
Of the two, one of them is already an accused in another drugs-related case and for an attempt to murder, police said and added that their questioning till now has revealed the involvement of a third person.
Efforts are on to trace the third person and as the probe progresses involvement of more people may be revealed, the officer said.
The Left government in Kerala has been conducting an anti-drug campaign across the state and its second phase, which began on 14 November, would conclude in late January 2023.
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