In a major ganja haul at Muthanga on the Kerala-Karnataka border, 16.155 kg of ganja was seized from a youth on Sunday evening.
Excise sleuths led by R. Prasanth, Excise Circle Inspector Muthanga, arrested Muhammad Harris, 34, of Kuttipuram in Malappuram district while he was allegedly transporting the drug in a contract carriage heading to Kozhikode from Bengaluru.
The drug waskept hidden in his backpack, Excise officials said.
