Kochi: Ganja was unearthed from the residence of popular Malayalam rapper Hirandas Murali, (Vedan), at Kaniyampuzha near Vyttila on Monday, Manorama reported.
It was seized in a raid by Hill Palace police in the apartment of the Vedan following a tip off.
Vedan and eight others were present in the apartment during the raid conducted by police during the raid carried out based on a tip-off.
Malayalam directors Khalid Rahman and Ashraf Hamsa and their friend Shalif Mohammed were arrested by Excise officials with hybrid ganja from a flat in Kochi the other day.
Film Employees Federation of Kerala (FEFKA) has suspended the directors from the outfit.
Earlier, actors Shine Tom Chacko and Sreenath Bhasi appeared before the Excise team probing the seizure of hybrid ganja worth around Rs 2 crore from a drug peddler Taslima Sulthana in Alappuzha earlier this month.
Sulthana and her accomplice were arrested with ganja on April 2 by the state Excise Department.
She had reportedly named the two actors in her statement.
Ganja in rapper’s house
