KOTHAMANGALAM: A man arrested in a ganja case set fire to an excise jeep. The said person has been identified as Jithu (19). Police have arrested him on the complaint of excise. The court remanded the accused.

The incident took place on Monday night. According to Excise, the reason for setting fire to the jeep was a feud over his arrest in a ganja case. After pouring kerosene on the jeep parked in front of the Kuttampuzha Excise Range office in Punekkad and setting it ablaze, the accused fled away. The back side of the jeep was burnt. Excise officials and locals put out the fire.

At the same time, the investigation against the drug mafia is being ramped up in various districts of the state. Excise arrested a woman with 9.021 grams of methamphetamine last day. Ramsuna S, wife of Nizamuddin, who lives in a rented house in Kasaragod Ariyal Village, was arrested.