Stephen Fernandez, hashish oil dealer in state trapped by excise

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Excise and enforcement arrested three people having possession of MDMA and banned hashish oil. Stephen Francis Fernandez, Afzal Rahman, and Muhammed Ashiq were the three arrested. According to police, the three are notorious and were wanted for a long by the enforcement for running drug cabals in the state. Stephen furtively stored more than 1.105 gm of hashish oil inside a water tank behind his house. Stephen used to cart hashish oil from Andhra Pradesh and was actively running a chain of businesses in the city. The excise got information about the secret trade and decide to act.

Excise is questioning Stephen to help collect the names of customers who usually take the banned substances from him. Afzal Rahman and Muhammad Ashiq were arrested from the Malappuram district after the two were caught while carrying 6 gm MDMA.