KOTTAYAM: Two youngsters who stealthily carted MDMA by placing it in their posteriors were arrested by Vaikom police on Friday. Muhammad Muneer (25), a resident of Erattupetta, and Akshay Soni (25), a resident of Thalanadu, were arrested. Police seized 32 grams of MDMA from them.

The two youngsters were under the police lens for so long. Their movements were tracked by officers in Mufti and the arrest was decided after it was learned about their arrival back to Vaikom Thottuvakkam area.

However, in the preliminary examination, the police were flustered not to find any drug product from them. After a more rigorous search, MDMA was found concealed in their rectum.

Akshay Soni is an accused in the Ernakulam Ganja case, and there are also many pending cases charged against him. Muneer is also a history-sheeter with an array of ganja and excise cases under his name in Erattupetta station. SP K Karthik led the team that made the arrest.