Based on a tip-off received at the Vadakara Excise Range Office, 54 grams of MDMA was found in a search conducted at City Lodge near Vadakara Link Road. 35-year-old Mohammed Fazil K, son of Mussa, of Kallarakkal House in Vadakara Taluk, was under the NDPS Act.

The accused was produced before the Hon'ble Court and remanded. Preventive Officers Sunil K, Shailesh Kumar MM, Civil Excise Officers Anirudh PK, Vineeth MP, Vijesh P, Sineesh K, Musbin EM, Shyamraj A, Women Civil Excise Officers Babitha B, Seema P and Driver Sreejith KP were part of the search party.