Excise officials arrest man with 15gms of MDMA

Thiruvananthapuram: In a major catch, excise officials on Wednesday arrested a young man from Muttadawith 15 grams of the synthetic drug MDMA, which is worth several lakhs of rupees among customers.
The officials identified the accused person as Abdul Samad of Uppala in Kasargod district.
The catch was made by the team of district excise enforcement and anti-narcotic special squad led by inspector T R Mukesh Kumar. The operation was launched following a tip off received by the state excise enforcement squad circle inspector T Ani Kumar.
He is suspected to be a major part of the drug racket that operates between Bangalore and Kerala.
The officials said that Abdul Samad operated as a carrier, who would procure drugs from dealers in Bangalore and then distributed it among peddlers and customers in Kasargod, Kannur, Wayanad, Thrissur, Ernakulam, Kollam and Thiruvananthapuram. A probe is on to find out the source as well as the receivers.