Leading IT firm staff takes up peddling MDMA, ganja as side gig, arrested
"Thirty-two grams of MDMA, 20 grams of ganja and a total of Rs 75,000, which he collected via selling drugs, were seized from his possession," an Excise Officer said.
Author : PTI
Update:2025-02-18 15:47 IST
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THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A 27-year-old man working in a prominent IT company here, was arrested for allegedly peddling MDMA and ganja, Excise officials said here on Tuesday.
Mithun Murali, a native of Murukkumpuzha near here, was arrested from his rented house in Kulathoor on Monday, they said.
Based on a tip-off, a team of excise personnel from the Kazhakoottam Range carried out a search in the house.
"Thirty-two grams of MDMA, 20 grams of ganja and a total of Rs 75,000, which he collected via selling drugs, were seized from his possession," an Excise Officer said.
The accused was working as a data engineer in a prominent IT company, he said.
The case was registered under various sections of NDPS Act.