PALAKKAD: The employees of a bus were taken into custody with drugs. The drugs were found in the hands of the co-driver and cleaner of the bus that came from Bengaluru to Ernakulam. The excise team caught them at Walayar toll plaza. 20 grams of ganja and two grams of hashish oil were seized. The accused told police that they kept them to use it when the bus stops during day time.
In the meanwhile, two were taken into custody from Thalayolaparambu in Kottayam with 105 kgms of ganja when they tried to smuggle it in a car. Kens Babu of Kottayam and Renjith of Mundakayam were taken into custody. The two were coming from Ernakulam with ganja. When the police tried to stop the car,
they swerved the car and fled.
The police followed them. Seeing this, one opened the door and tried to jump. The police chased and caught him. The second in the car who went forward was also chased and caught.