Kakkanad: Police arrest a man and a woman for growing a cannabis plant in the kitchen of their apartment. Konni Vallyathekketh Allen V Raju (26) and Kayamkulam Parumballi Puthanpuraikkal Aparna (24) living with Allen were arrested from their apartment in Nilampathinjimukal. Mallappally Kandathil Amal (28) was also arrested from the same apartment for possessing cannabis.

The apartment where they lived has been under police surveillance for the past two weeks.

Allen, a graduate, works with an IT company and Aparna is with a financial institution.

The cannabis plant was being grown in a pot kept in the corner of their kitchen. The plant which had attained a growth of about four months is one and a half metres tall. It was being nurtured after learning about it from the internet. To aid the plant’s growth, a small fan was fixed near it for air circulation and an LED lamp was set up as its light source.