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Excise officials person arrested 2 persons adjacent Vizhinjam successful Thiruvananthapuram with alleged possession of 51 grams of MDMA and 2.6 grams of ganja.
The accused duo person been identified arsenic Jishnu, 30, a autochthonal of Chittarikkal successful Kasaragod, and Sahalu Rahman, 36, from Karuvarakundu successful Malappuram.
According to officials of the Neyyattinkara excise squad that apprehended them, the duo was intercepted during a conveyance inspection conducted astir 5.30 p.m. connected Thursday astatine Mukkola adjacent Vizhinjam. The accused were travelling successful a rented car and had reportedly arrived from Ernakulam.
They are suspected to person targeted tourists who sojourn fashionable destinations specified arsenic Kovalam and Poovar to peddle the contraband.
The MDMA was purportedly concealed wrong a container carried by Jishnu, portion the ganja was recovered from Sahalu Rahman. The seized narcotics are estimated to beryllium worthy astir ₹3.5 lakh successful the amerciable market.
The mobile phones utilized by the accused persons were besides taken into custody for further investigation.
