Wayanad: The excise department personnel arrested a youth with 98.74 gms of MDMA (methylenedioxymethamphetamine), at the Muthanga check post, near Sulthan Bathery, here, on Wednesday.
The accused is Chathamparamb Fasil, 35, a native of Ramanattukara, Kozhikode. A team led by excise inspector A G Thambi arrested him.
Fasil was remanded to judicial custody after producing at the Judicial First Class Magistrate Court, Sulthan Bathery in the evening.
The seized substance has a value of around Rs 2 lakh, said officials.
