Kochi, The Excise Department has busted a major drug racket that allegedly smuggled MDMA from Delhi to Keralam using women as carriers and arrested four people, officials said on Sunday.
Excise officials said around 279.3 grams of MDMA was recovered from the accused persons arrested in two separate operations involving members of the same racket.
S Vinod Kumar, Joint Excise Commissioner, said the Excise Ernakulam Range, acting on a tip-off, arrested two persons, including an 18-year-old woman, with 49.3 grams of MDMA from a luxury hotel in Kaloor here a few days back.
"Upon arresting and interrogating the two individuals, information was received regarding a person named Varun Dev, a wholesale dealer who traffics MDMA into Keralam. On getting information that they were coming to Ernakulam district on Saturday and that a deal was likely to take place, a search was conducted," he told reporters.
Excise officials intercepted their vehicle at Vyttila after it got caught in a traffic block on Saturday and recovered 230 grams of MDMA and three grams of hashish oil from a secret compartment built under the steering wheel, he said.
