Award-Winning Farmer Arrested in Kerala for Running Drug Smuggling Network
· India · The Hindu, Hindustan Times
The Ernakulam Rural police arrested 31-year-old Dhanesh S. Nair in Angamaly for allegedly operating an interstate drug smuggling ring. Investigators seized 803 grams of suspected hashish oil and 8 grams of suspected MDMA from the accused, who hails from Alappuzha district in Keralam. Police stated that Nair used his banana cultivation venture in Nanjanagudu, Mysuru, as a cover to transport narcotics into Keralam hidden inside banana bunches. He had previously studied agribusiness in Germany and won a government award for best young farmer in Haripad in 2022. Authorities believe he recruited youth through social media to distribute drugs in Bengaluru and Keralam.
Why it matters
The case exposes how legitimate agricultural supply chains and award-winning credentials can be exploited to mask sophisticated inter-state drug syndicates.
Read the original report — The Hindu
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