The spike follows a crackdown triggered by a raid at a star hotel at Kadavanthra in March, where eight professionals were arrested with suspected narcotic substances
The accused were taken into custody from Azad Nagar, Kuttiyeri, in Kannur while travelling in a car
He allegedly ran a drug trafficking network while posing as an education agent
The seizure was made by a special squad of the Excise department at Pantheeramkavu in Kozhikode
Suspected MDMA and cannabis, allegedly kept for resale, were also seized during the flash inspection led by the DANSAF
He allegedly supplied narcotic substances to the youths who were arrested from a star hotel at Kadavanthra recently