Kochi, March 19 A 18-year-old girl and a 24-year-old man were arrested in Kothamangalam on Thursday for alleged drug trafficking, according to Excise officials.
A senior Excise official stated that over 37 grams of MDMA were allegedly seized from the pair.
According to the official, the 18-year-old girl had come to Kothamangalam for studies six months ago, but subsequently dropped out of college and began engaging in drug trafficking.
She was the leader of her group and would personally travel to Bengaluru to procure the drugs, the official claimed.
Based on information that she had gone to Bengaluru to buy drugs, her movements were tracked.
She travelled from Bengaluru to Perumbavoor by bus and from there, she was picked up by the man, and they went to a hotel room here with the drugs, the official said.
The pair were arrested from the hotel room with the drugs, he added.
"So far, we have never been able to catch her with the drugs despite several complaints of drug trafficking against her," the official said.
The girl was working in a tattoo parlour after dropping out of college.
Both of them were produced before a magisterial court and remanded to judicial custody, the official said.
He also said that the pair's statements have been recorded and an investigation has been launched to determine who else was involved in the drug trafficking operation. "More arrests can be expected," he added.