Thiruvananthapuram: Youths arrested for smuggling cannabis in a private bus. Suresh, Sijo Kamal and Sterin, natives of Kunnathur Shastamkota, Kollam, were arrested. The accused were caught during the vehicle inspection conducted at Amaravila Excise Check post. Excise team recovered 9.944 kg of cannabis from them.
Excise also caught their accomplice, Sunil, a native of Neyyattinkara, Anavoor, after interrogating the accused. He was arrested from Thampanoor. Sunil used to help the accused to buy cannabis from Andhra and then he was waiting at Thampanoor to receive cannabis from them. The accused were arrested by a team led by Thiruvananthapuram Excise Assistant Commissioner Vinod Kumar and Excise Inspector V.N. Mahesh.
Meanwhile, the leader and his accomplice of the drug trafficking to Kerala, who cultivate cannabis in Odisha were arrested the other day. Abhilash (37), a native of Srikariyam, Pradishkumar and Motta Ani (36), a native of Kulathur, were arrested. 200 kg of cannabis was seized from them.
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