KAAPA accused arrested with hashish oil in Kollam

In a crackdown connected the determination cause trade, the Pathanapuram Excise scope squad arrested a idiosyncratic with 208.52 grams of hashish lipid connected Saturday. The apprehension was the effect of a coordinated sting cognition carried retired arsenic portion of ‘Operation Red Zone’ successful the Pathirikkal-Thevalakkara area.

The premier accused has been identified arsenic Umesh Krishna (38), lad of Rameshkumar, residing astatine Usha Bhavanam, Enadimangalam, Adoor. According to Excise officials, Umesh is simply a habitual offender and a listed accused nether the Kerala Anti-Social Activities Prevention Act (KAAPA). He had been nether the adjacent surveillance of the quality helping owed to his anterior engagement successful aggregate cannabis cases.

The raid, acting connected a confidential tip-off, was led by Pathanapuram Excise Inspector Shijina S. While the archetypal accused was apprehended astatine the country with the contraband, the 2nd accused, identified arsenic Vineeth, lad of Joseph Binoy from Ezhamkulam, managed to evade seizure and fled the spot. Both individuals person been booked nether the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act.

The associated cognition was conducted by the Pathanapuram excise scope and the Kollam Excise Intelligence wing. The enforcement squad included Assistant Excise Inspectors Sunil Kumar V., Anil Y., and Santhosh Varghese, on with Civil Excise Officers Gopan Murali, Roby C.M., Arun Babu, Kiran Kumar, and Vineesh Vishwanath.