Synthetic drug trafficking: Excise arrests seven more in Keralam’s Kozhikode
Excise officials in Kerala have arrested seven additional suspects linked to an international synthetic drug trafficking network. The investigation involved tracking thousands of communications and bank records across five Indian states to dismantle the operation.
Why it matters
The crackdown highlights the growing challenge of synthetic drug distribution and the complex, inter-state nature of modern narcotics networks.
A special investigation team (SIT) of the Excise department has arrested seven more persons following the seizure of nearly 3 kg of MDMA from a car at Pantheerankavu in Kozhikode. The investigation team members said the latest arrests helped them uncover the operation of an international drug network with links to Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, and West Bengal.
The arrested are C.P. Umar Farooq, 36, Muhammad Mustafa, 28, K.K. Hiran, 31, Aromal Omanakkuttan, 22, M. Ramsiya, 26, Nechikkattil Noushad, 49, and Sandeesh Mohan Valappil, 27. They were arrested following an intensive search by the special squad across the five States.
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