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In a melodramatic aboriginal greeting cognition connected Wednesday, 2 men were arrested with much than 36 kg of cannabis pursuing a high-risk pursuit astatine Perumbilavu, adjacent Kunammkulam, arsenic portion of Operation Toofan – The Narco Hunt.
The accused person been identified arsenic Sanal (24), a autochthonal of Manthoppu successful Chovannur, adjacent Kunnamkulam, and Mubashir (25) from Pallikkara successful Nannamukku, Malappuram. They were apprehended by the Kunnamkulam constabulary and a District Anti-Narcotic Special Action Force (DANSAF) team.
Acting connected a tip-off, the constabulary attempted to intercept the suspects’ conveyance astatine Perumpilavu. However, the accused allegedly drove their conveyance towards the constabulary officers successful a bid to escape, colliding with a conveyance driven by DANSAF sub-inspector Rakesh. The officers had a constrictive flight and the suspects sped away.
Police teams past pursued and yet intercepted the conveyance and overpowered the duo aft a tense chase. A hunt of the conveyance led to the seizure of cannabis weighing implicit 36 kg, packed successful sacks. The contraband is believed to person been transported from Bengaluru for organisation successful Kerala.
The constabulary said Sanal is listed arsenic a habitual offender astatine the Kunnamkulam constabulary presumption and has been progressive successful akin cases successful the past. The DANSAF squad had been monitoring the accused based connected anterior records.
Thrissur City Police Commissioner Nakul R. Deshmukh said strict enforcement drives against narcotics volition continue. He urged the nationalist to study cause usage oregon trafficking by sharing precise determination details with the nearest constabulary presumption oregon by sending a WhatsApp connection to 99959 66666, oregon calling 94979 27797 and 94979 79794.
