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Man arrested after 473 grams of suspected MDMA seized in Kannur
Excise officials in Kannur district, Kerala, arrested a 32-year-old man and seized 473 grams of suspected MDMA.
They found 462 grams at a shop and another 11 grams in his car during an inspection in Kumbil.
The inspection followed confidential information received by the Excise department and was part of Operation Thunder.
The department said the man was a key link in a network involved in wholesale and retail drug sales in the area.
A case has been registered under India’s Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act.
He is due to appear before a magistrate’s court in Kannur, while further proceedings will take place at the NDPS Court in Vadakara.
Excise officials arrested a 32-year-old man and seized 473 grams of suspected MDMA in Kannur district.
The seizure took place during an inspection in Kumbil town on October 12.
Officials recovered 462 grams from a shop and 11 grams from the man’s car.
The inspection followed confidential information received by the Excise department.
- Who
- Badusha, a 32-year-old man from Kottappoyil in Perumacheri, was arrested.
- What
- Excise officials seized 473 grams of suspected MDMA.
- When
- Monday, October 12, 2026.
- Where
- Kumbil town, Kannur district, Keralam.
- Why
- The inspection followed confidential information received by the Excise department.
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Excise officials inspected a shop and a car in Kumbil town after receiving confidential information.
Officials seized 473 grams of suspected MDMA and arrested Badusha.
- Total seized
- 473 grams of suspected MDMA
- Shop seizure
- 462 grams
- Car seizure
- 11 grams
- Accused
- Badusha, 32
- Location
- Kumbil town, Kannur district
- Operation
- Operation Thunder
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