MALAPPURAM: An Assam native was arrested by the police for cultivating cannabis among the plants in the garden. The arrested man has been identified as Amal Burman. According to police, Amal cultivated cannabis among jasmine plants in his rented quarters in Kizhisseri.

Amal, who worked in a brick quarry, had been living in a rented quarters in Kizhisseri for two years. Police have received information that he and his accomplices had smuggled large quantities of cannabis while returning from home.