Wayanad: An accused in a highway robbery case in Wayanad was arrested after eight years on Saturday.
The accused, Maliyekkal Veettil Mehroof, 40, a native of Kambalakkad was arrested while on his way home from the Karipur International Airport in Kozhikode.
The state police had issued a lookout notice against Mehroof, who was allegedly part of a four-member team that robbed valuables from a family travelling in a car in February 2016.
Mehroof was produced at the Judicial First Class Magistrate Court in Mananthavadi. The arrest was made by a police team led by SHO Lal C Baby.