In a major crackdown on drug racketeering, excise officials have confiscated 13.5 kg of hashish oil, valued around ₹13 crore in the international market, and arrested five persons in the city. A team led by Thiruvananthapuram excise circle inspector T. Anikumar intercepted the car used by the gang to smuggle the contraband near Kendriya Vidyalaya, Akkulam, around 10 a.m. on Friday.v
