In a major drug bust, the Excise Enforcement and Anti-Narcotic Special Squad of Kerala’s Thiruvananthapuram arrested three people within a span of 24 hours and seized over 160 grams of the synthetic drug MDMA, along with two vehicles.
In the biggest seizure, 21-year-old Aromal A of Kottakkakam was arrested with 106 grams of MDMA near the College of Architecture at Vilappilsala.
Based on information gathered from the arrested men, further searches and arrests are expected in the coming days. He conducted his drug deals near water bodies so that if he spotted or suspected police or excise personnel, he could jump into the water and swim away. In the biggest seizure, the squad arrested 21-year-old Aromal A of Kottakkakam with 106 grams of MDMA near the College of Architecture at Vilappilsala. He was transporting the drug on a Royal Enfield Classic 350 motorcycle. The 21-year-old had adopted an unusual method to evade enforcement teams, according to officials. Across the two operations, the Excise Enforcement and Anti-Narcotic Special Squad seized more than 160 grams of MDMA, arrested three people and confiscated two vehicles within 24 hours.
This made him particularly difficult to catch, officials said. In the second major operation, the same Excise Narcotic Squad arrested Antony, alias “Dark Antony”, and Zaheer, alias “Irumban Zaheer”, near Puthenkada on the Kazhakkoottam-Karode bypass.
