26-year-old man arrested in MDMA case

T’puram: Kovalam Police on Monday arrested a 26-year-old man in connection with the seizure of over 120g of MDMA, 4.11g of hashish oil and 200g of ganja from two alleged drug peddlers in June.The police said Akash of Kulathoor was a key figure in the city’s drug distribution network and that financial transactions related to the drug trade were routed through his bank account.The police also found several photographs allegedly showing MDMA being sold on Akash’s mobile phone, said Kovalam circle inspector V M Sreekumar.