Kochi excise arrests man with cannabis and MDMA bought in Bengaluru
Excise officers in Kochi arrested a man from Nettur who arrived with MDMA and cannabis he had bought in Bengaluru. Only MDMA weights were published: 27 grams for the excise arrest, and 185 grams with 7 grams more found later in a separate Aluva case.
Excise officers in Kochi arrested a man from Nettur with MDMA and cannabis that
he had bought in Bengaluru.[1]The Ernakulam excise special squad had kept the
man under observation for a week before detaining him.[1]
The arrest was reported together with a separate police operation in which two
men were held with 185 grams of MDMA at a lodge in Aluva, while the excise
arrested another man in Kochi city with MDMA and cannabis.[2]Police said the
two men had carried the MDMA from Tamil Nadu as passengers on a tourist bus and
had hidden it inside bunches of plantains.[1]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Arrested
3
Agency
Kerala Excise Department
Agency type
Customs
Case stage
Under investigation
Region
Kerala
Date
Publication date
Sources
Asianet Newsasianetnews.comMLബസിൽ വാഴക്കുലയ്ക്കുള്ളിൽ ഒളിപ്പിച്ചു, വീട്ടിലെ പക്ഷിക്കൂടിലും എംഡിഎംഎ; ആലുവയിൽ രണ്ടുപേർ അറസ്റ്റിൽ, കൊച്ചിയിൽ നെട്ടൂർ സ്വദേശിയും അറസ്റ്റിൽ
The sources state no weight for the cannabis seized from the Nettur man; it is not included in the figures.
The 27 grams of MDMA seized from the same man is outside the tracker's cannabis scope and is not recorded.
Most outlets reported only the Aluva police case; the excise arrest appears in two paragraphs of the roundup coverage and few details are given.
The article gives no separate date for either operation; 8 November 2026 is its publication date and stands in for the incident date.
No charge sheet, court appearance or outcome is reported for the excise case.
Two men held in the separate Aluva case with 185 grams of MDMA are not counted as cannabis arrests because no cannabis was reported with them.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in Asianet News: Investigators said he collected money from small-time drug sellers in Kochi, travelled to Bengaluru to buy the drugs and sold them in Kochi at three times the price he paid.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in Asianet News: The 185 grams were valued at about Rs 7.5 lakh, and a further 7 grams were later found hidden in a birdcage at a house in Thoppumpady.
Left out activity, as its quotation was not found in Asianet News.
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