Four people including women arrested with hashish worth 1 crore

THRISSUR: Police have nabbed four persons, including two women, with one kilo of hashish oil worth around one crore. The arrested persons are Chavakkad native Safeena, Palakkad Kizhakkanchery native Jayanthi (40), Pattambi native Muhammad and Akaladu native Ashraf. They were nabbed by the Thrissur City Police Anti-Narcotics Squad and the Town East Police.

The police nabbed the accused during an inspection near the south gopuram of the Thrissur Vadakkumnathan temple following a tip-off that ganja was being brought from Andhra to Thrissur. Ashraf is the main accused. The investigation team revealed that the accused had brought hashish oil and ganja from Andhra Pradesh to Kerala several times before and sold them in Chavakkad, Vadakkekkad and Ernakulam.

The main customers of the gang are youngsters, including students. 1 kg of pure hashish oil is obtained when 100 kg of cannabis is distilled. There are cases against Ashraf in Palakkad Hemambika Nagar Police Station and Chavakkad Police Station for smuggling ganja and hashish.