Excise officials have made a significant arrest, detaining an individual with a reported 21 kg of ganja near Pravachambalam late Friday night.
The suspect has been identified as Shijaam, a resident of Vellayani, and is noted as a habitual offender according to local sources.
In a separate incident, two individuals from West Bengal, identified as Sajal Das and Sabuj Mandal, were arrested at the Amaravila excise check-post with 4.02 kg of ganja. The pair was traveling on a bus heading to Thiruvananthapuram.