Daijiworld Media Network - Kozhikode

Kozhikode, Nov 15: A 53-year-old man was arrested after police seized 106.015 grams of MDMA, valued at over Rs 20 lakh, from his possession near his residence at Mokeri in Kozhikode district.

The accused, identified as Pradeepan A, a resident of Athikkottu in Mokeri, was arrested by the Kuttiyadi police on Saturday night.

According to police, the initial seizure of 1.807 grams of MDMA was made around 7.30 pm on a public road in front of Mokeri Government College. During a subsequent search, police recovered another 104.208 grams of the banned substance, allegedly kept for commercial sale near a wall in the northern courtyard of his house.

Police said Pradeepan was running a restaurant in Bengaluru. He allegedly procured MDMA in large quantities while returning from Bengaluru and sold it at higher prices in the Kozhikode area.

The Kuttiyadi police registered a case under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act. The accused will be produced before the court as part of the remand procedure, police said.