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Under Operation Toofan, a man was arrested with 400kg of tobacco products, valued at ₹10 lakh, from Mysuru to Ernakulam, following a joint police operation.
Two men were arrested in Kozhikode with 51 grams of MDMA during Operation Toofan, a statewide anti-drug crackdown. Police are investigating the source and distribution network.
Customs officials are burning 16 tonnes of contraband cigarettes, valued at over ₹17 crore, a significant disposal taking around a month.
The direction came from a Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Soumen Sen and Justice C Jayachandran while hearing a batch of petitions related to drug abuse and enforcement of the NDPS Act.
According to the NCB, Sandeep Sajeev, a native of North Paravur now residing in Hull City, UK, works in the logistics sector.
The NCB is focusing on tracing the distribution chain that supplied the drug.
The origins of 420 trace back to a group of high school students in San Rafael, California, who called themselves the 'Waldos' in the early 70s.
The accused, identified as Shamil Lal, was the driver of Chaithram, a private bus operating on the Kozhikode–Tiruvambadi route.
Most of the vehicles caught at Vadakara are related to cases of smuggling liquor from Mahe.
Further investigation revealed that Bujair was involved in a drug deal with Riyas TM, who is already booked in a narcotics case.
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