Namukulangara Drug Raid: Riyaz Khan, who has been trading drugs over the years, has been caught with drugs for the first time. Police say only 10 kg has been recovered from the hemp brought for Onam.
Kayamkulam drug bus: Four people were arrested with 10 kg of cannabis and ₹ 1,78,750 from a car parked on the road. Those arrested include Yusuf (27), Riyaz Khan (44), Vineet (29) and Mohammad Amin (33). The police have also seized the car. The District Anti -Drug Squad and Valliknam Police together caught these people from near Namuklangara. In this incident on Tuesday night, the hemp kept in two plastic bags was tied in a sack and kept in a car. 3.590 kg of cannabis was recovered from the house of Riyaz Khan, the second accused in the case, on Monday.
Seeing the police, Riyaz Khan had run away by throwing hemp. The police later found him and arrested him. Riyaz Khan was selling drugs for years, but has been caught with drugs for the first time. He used to sell drugs in Kayamkulam and Krishnapuram. Drug smuggling cases are registered against him in several police stations. The fourth accused Amin is accused in three drugs cases and the first accused in one case.
Police say that only a little of the hemp brought to sell on the occasion of Onam has been recovered. The search for the remaining cannabis is going on. Police say that a large amount of ganja from other states including Odisha used to run Yusuf and Riyaz Khan, a gang selling small vendors in Central Thiruvananthapuram. Narcotic Cell DYSP B. Under the leadership of Pankajakshan, the District Anti -Drug Squad and Chengannur DYSP M.K. Under the leadership of Binu Kumar, Vallikunnam SI K.K. The team of Dinesh, ASI Reji Kumar, Senior Civil Police Officer Santosh Kumar, Civil Police Officer Anshd, Akhil and Princhendran apprehended the accused. The accused were produced in court, from where they were sent on remand.