MDMA haul from courier: key accused arrested

Kochi | Monday | 8th October, 2018

Summary:

more-inThe Excise team probing the MDMA haul from a courier firm has arrested the person who attempted to push the contraband to Malaysia via Kochi. Prasanth had sent the contraband, concealed in eight cartons of textile consignment, to Kochi through a private courier service agency at Egmore in Chennai. A probe is also on to ascertain whether the accused received any help from Kochi during their stay here. The arrested has been identified as Prasanth Kumar, a Kannur native residing in Chennai. Preliminary investigations revealed that the accused had pushed drugs to Malaysia through the same route earlier in August last..