- Dhanesh Nair, a 31-year-old who won Kerala's Best Young Farmer award in 2022, has been arrested for smuggling synthetic drugs inside banana bunches.
- Police in Ernakulam arrested Nair after seizing 8g of MDMA and 803g of suspected hashish oil from him on Monday.
- Authorities allege Nair used his farmland near Mysuru in Karnataka as a cover to smuggle illegal substances into neighbouring Kerala.
- The arrest followed the detention of two accomplices who allegedly transported and distributed the drugs on Nair's instructions using Instagram.
- Investigators are probing the full extent of the operation after uncovering evidence linking Nair to drug manufacturers in Bengaluru.
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