More details of narcotic jihad in Kerala emerged recently. Following a tip-off, the Ernakulam police searched a flat near the Thrikakkara Vamanamoorthy Temple and arrested a group of drug peddlers who were also allegedly addicts. The police recovered narcotic drugs and weapons, including machetes, from them.
31-year-old Eloor West Parampil Nahas, Kakkanad Chural Kottaimala Akbar (27), Palluruthy Rishad (40), Vikasvani Thengod House Libin (32), Malappuram Kuttippuram Koroth Ismail (31), Kakkanad Kaithamanparamba Suneer (44) and a lady named Ciby Simon from Kothad Araykkal House, were caught with 50 grams of methamphetamine (MDMA).
Police claimed that the accused were under their surveillance. A luxury car used for drug dealings was also seized. During the investigation, deadly weapons, including a long-bladed knife, were also seized. Nahas and his accomplices have had many cases in different police stations in the city. Details of those cases remain unknown.
Several schools and colleges, including the well-known Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT), are near the Thrikkakara Temple.
According to the police, the gang was conducting drug deals in Ernakulam city under the leadership of Nahas.
Narcotics-related crimes and violence are on the rise in Kerala. Last week, while trying to block the road and arrest them, a Kochi narcotic drug mafia gang rammed their automobile into a police jeep injuring a police officer.
Like many narcotic cases being reported from Kerala, the lady accomplice is likely a Christian, and the rest are Islamist youth. How long will politicians keep on denying the existence of narcotic jihad at the expense of our youth?
