Law enforcement agencies in the district had a busy day on Thursday as Excise and Police nabbed six alleged drug peddlers in separate incidents.
The IRS nabbed a 28-year-old man with 252.48 grams of suspected MDMA in one of the agency’s first major drug seizures in the county this year. Adarsh Sidharthan of Karumadi, Ambalapuzha was arrested from a cottage near Ernakulam North railway station around 7.45 am. Officials also seized 1.8 kg of suspected ganja from him.
In another incident, she nabbed 25-year-old Muhammed Yaseen from near the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Kaloor for allegedly possessing suspected narcotic items including 5.32 grams of MDMA, 0.008 grams of LSD marks and 3 grams of ganja. The arrests were made by Excise teams led by Inspector Abhiraj. R.
Meanwhile, the Kochi city police arrested two youths — Joseph Antony, 24, of SRM Road, Kochi, and Ibrahim Badusha, 24, of Pazhayangadi, Kannur — with 19.97 grams of suspected MDMA. They were nabbed from near Seaport-Airport Road in Kalamassery. The couple was allegedly selling the substance which they procured from Bengaluru, police said.
The Kalady Police and Ernakulam Rural Police Special Squad arrested two men from Murshidabad in West Bengal with 4.25 kg of suspected ganja. Arjad Hussain (22) and Ajajul Mandal (42) were arrested from Thiruvairanikulam, police said.
In another incident, Excise officials from the Angamaly office seized 7.03 kg of suspected ganja found abandoned at Mangattukara in Angamaly along the railway tracks. The substance was found in a bag by local residents who in turn alerted the excise officials. Officials suspect that the smugglers were thrown from the moving train by traffickers after encountering the police involved in the inspection.
Published – 24 Jan 2026 0:00 IST
