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.