KASARGOD: A special squad of the Excise Department has arrested three persons who attempted to smuggle MDMA and ganja in a car. The accused were arrested during the vehicle inspections carried out by Excise Circle Inspector Shankar GA and the party.

The special squad first seized 1.038 kilograms of ganja from a Swift car. Bela native Haneefa B and Edanad native Faisal were arrested in the incident.

Haneefa, the first accused, is an accused in another ganja case. Faisal is an accused in nearly 8 cases, including drug cases. The special squad later seized 10.14 grams of MDMA from the Innova car driven by Manjeshwar native Muhammad Musthafa. Musthafa was later produced in court and remanded.

Preventive officers Murali K V, Ashraf C K, Sajan, Civil Excise Officers Prajith K R, Nazaruddeen A K, Shijith VV, Cyber Cell officers Prishi P S, Nikhil Pavithran, Woman Civil Excise Officer Krishnapriya M V and Excise drivers Christeen P A and Vijayan P S took part in the party.