Incident of couple being arrested with drugs; The main accused has been arrested

Kannur: Nizam (35), the main accused in the case of arresting a couple with MDMA and brown sugar worth Rs 1 crore from the parcel office of a travel agency, has been arrested. The accused was apprehended while traveling in a car from Hosangadi in the border area of ​​Kasargod district around 12.30 pm on Tuesday. He was produced before the Kannur Chief Judicial Magistrate’s Court and remanded. During interrogation, SPR Elango said he had confessed to supplying drugs, including MDMA, to the Afzal-Balkis couple, who had been arrested earlier.
 Balkis and Afzal, a couple previously arrested in a drug case, will be remanded in custody for questioning. The arrested Nizam is a close relative of Balkis. Another accused in the case, Janice, is absconding and the search for him has intensified. A check of Nizam’s bank account and mobile phone revealed that he had made the transaction.
 Using WhatsApp messages and a Google map, Balkis specified the places where Nizam could be taken to drug dealers. Balkis was paid a commission and incentive for each transaction via Google Pay. The goods were delivered only after receiving the price of the drug from the customers through Google Pay. The SP said that it was clear that the Nizam was involved in five of the seven drug cases seized from Kannur district at Edakkad and Kannur city police stations.
 On March 7, Balkis and Afzal were arrested for possession of two kilograms of MDMA and opium. Later, the police raided a drug store in Kannur and found lakhs worth of deadly drugs. Another accused and Balkis’ close relative, Kannur City Marakkar, is absconding. The arrested Nizam is the son of the remanded Balkin’s uncle.