Drug seizure: Two held in separate cases in Kerala

KOCHI

: The

Ernakulam

rural police seized nearly 10kg ganja and one-and-a-half kilo of hashish oil from Angamaly and nearly 2kg ganja and 9g hashish oil from North Paravur in two separate operations on Saturday.

Police arrested

Akhilraj

(30) of

Keezhmadu

and Shahul Hameed (38) of Muppathadam in connection with the seizures.

The operations were carried out as part of a special drive launched by rural SP K Karthick. Police said that the raids were held based on a tip-off received by Munambam DSP S Binu. Police said that 32 cases have been registered in the special drive so far and 36 persons have been booked.