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Man held with suspected MDMA after fleeing accident site

The accused, K.K. Zubair from Pallikkal, Kondotty, was arrested from a house near Calicut International Airport at Karipur, where he had reportedly been hiding.

A 39-year-old man was arrested with suspected MDMA after allegedly fleeing the scene of a road accident at Mampad in which a scooter rider was seriously injured.

The accused, K.K. Zubair from Pallikkal, Kondotty, was arrested from a house near Calicut International Airport at Karipur, where he had reportedly been hiding.

The accident occurred on October 19 on the KNG Road at Mampad. The car driven by Mr. Zubair reportedly hit a scooter coming from the opposite direction before colliding with two other cars.

Mr. Zubair accompanied the injured scooter rider in an ambulance to the Government Medical College Hospital, Manjeri, but later fled.

During an inspection of the car, police recovered 0.58 gm of suspected MDMA near the driver’s seat. The vehicle was seized, and a search was launched for Zubair.

The police said more MDMA was recovered from him at the time of his arrest. Police at Karipur station registered a separate case in connection with the drug seizure.

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