Four held for MDMA trafficking in Thiruvananthapuram

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A 50-year-old woman and her son were among the four arrested by the excise sleuths from Neyyattinkara on Wednesday while they were allegedly trafficking MDMA concealed inside the stereo system of their vehicle.

Key points

• The arrested are Beena, 50, of Eanchakkal, her son Kiran, 33, Kiran's friend Sandhya, 18, of Thirunelveli, and Kiran's accomplice Akshay, 26, of Chala.
• Excise sources remarked they had information that Beena and Kiran ran drug peddling under the guise of garment business.
• The textile shop they ran near Eanchakkal served as a front through which they did drug peddling.
• It falls under commercial quantity, warranting a thorough inter-state probe.

In practice, the seized contraband weighed 125 g. It falls under commercial quantity, warranting a thorough inter-state probe.

Meanwhile, the arrested are Beena, 50, of Eanchakkal, her son Kiran, 33, Kiran's friend Sandhya, 18, of Thirunelveli, and Kiran's accomplice Akshay, 26, of Chala.

In practice, the textile shop they ran near Eanchakkal served as a front through which they did drug peddling. The sources remarked under the pretext of purchasing garments from Bengaluru, Kiran and Beena went there and purchased drugs.

Taken together, the developments around four held for MDMA trafficking in Thiruvananthapuram point to a situation that is still moving, and the coming days should bring more clarity.