Kochi: A film artist and her friend landed in police custody on Tuesday after their car rammed vehicles on the road.

The duo - actress Ashwathy Babu (26) and Noufal - have been booked for rash and dangerous driving.

They were taken into custody by Thrikkakkara Police.

Noufal drove the car in a highly dangerous and rash manner on the road stretching from the CUSAT Junction to Thrikkakkara temple.

When the locals tried to stop the vehicle at Thrikkakkara, he swerved the car and tried to escape, but couldn't get very far as the tyre burst.

Ditching the car, the duo tried to escape on foot, but they were nabbed by the Police who reached the spot after the locals had alerted them.

People started noticing the vehicle as Noufal was moving the vehicle back and forth at the CUSAT Junction.

The car hit several vehicles as it took off from here. Following this, one person chased and tried to stop their vehicle by blocking it from the front.

Irked by this, Noufal tried to swerve the vehicle off the road. That was when the tyre burst and he had to leave the vehicle.

As people gathered up around them, Ashwathy tried to help Noufal escape from the spot. The duo walked towards the school nearby. Police reached by then and took Noufal into custody.

Based on information from the locals, police found Ashwathy later and took her into custody.

Known delinquents

In 2018, Ashwathy and Noufal were arrested for possessing synthetic drug MDMA.

People close to them inform that even after returning from jail, the two retreated to their old drug habits.

It is learnt that the two got the money to obtain drugs through a slew of immoral activities.

In 2016 Ashwathy was nabbed by the police in Dubai for drug abuse.

She is a native of Arattuvazhi at Thumba in Thiruvananthapuram.