Man arrested in connection of smuggling drugs to Malaysia via courier service

A man has been arrested in connection with the seizure of drugs worth Rs 200 crore meant to be smuggled to Malaysia through courier service, a top excise department official said Sunday.

Prasanth Kumar from Kannur district was arrested, a week after the Excise department seized 30 kg of ecstasy drug worth Rs 200 crore from a parcel during a search of a private courier company office here.

Excise Commissioner Rishiraj Singh said the investigation is on to nab Ali from Chennai, who is Kumar's accomplice. The psychoactive drug, methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA), commonly known as ecstasy was seized following a tip-off.

In a bid to evade detection during scanning at an airport, the drugs were kept in 64 packets and were covered with carbon papers.

Officials said the investigation revealed that a couple of months ago the culprits had smuggled the drugs in a similar fashion to Malaysia.

(With inputs from agencies.)