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The drugs were packed in small pouches, and customers were required to consume the substances inside the house itself to avoid being caught later.
At present, Kerala has only two dedicated NDPS courts—in Kozhikode and Idukki.
The operation by police and DANSAF led to the seizure of MDMA and a car used by the accused in Mankada.
The ganja, believed to be part of a larger drug trafficking network, was packed in sacks and smuggled from Odisha to Kerala for distribution.
"The entire state must stand united in this mission to uproot the drug trade," Vijayan said.
Confiscation procedures are on in a case in which two Kozhikode natives were arrested with 1.198 kilograms of MDMA, at Muthanga, on August 6, 2024.
Thiruvananthapuram: Amid the surge in criminal cases involving drug users, the Kerala police have intensified Operation D-Hunt, a special drive to prevent the sale and use of psychotropic substances like MDMA. Within a month, the police have registered 7,038 cases and arrested 7,307 individuals
The Bengal natives used to take ganja to Kerala by train from their state as per demand from the customs.
It was on January 30, 2015, Kochi police nabbed Shine Tom Chacko and four women for possessing cocaine during a raid at a flat in Kadavanthra.
MDMA and brown sugar worth Rs 20 lakh seized.
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