Man arrested with hashish oil worth around Rs two crore

Kochi: The anti-narcotic officials Monday seized high-quality green hashish oil worth around Rs two crore in the international market and arrested a 38-year-old man in this connection, police said.

Manoj alias Antony was arrested with the contraband at nearby Perumbavoor after personnel of the Ernakulam Rural Police’s ‘operation honeycomb’ posed as drug dealers and got in touch with him.

Officials were monitoring his activities for the past one month, police said.

It waw suspected that Manoj has links with international drug mafia. He was getting international calls on his mobile at the time of his arrest, police said.