<p>Thiruvanathapuram: A day after two known filmmakers were held with hybrid ganja in Kerala, a known Malayalam rapper, Hirandas Murali alias 'Vedan', was held with ganja from his flat in <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/kochi">Kochi</a>.</p><p>Vedan has been known engaged in anti-drug campaigns as part of his shows, and used to perform in state government events too. Following the fresh development, his scheduled performance as part of the Pinarayi Vijayan government's fourth anniversary celebrations in Idukki on Tuesday has been cancelled.</p><p>According to police sources, six grams of ganja were recovered from his flat at Tripunithura in Kochi. The police carried out the raid following a tip-off. Vedan and members of his troupe were present at the flat. Vedan was learnt to have confessed that he used ganja. The police took all into custody.</p>.<p>Malayalam filmmakers Khalid Rahman and Ashraf Hamza were held along with another person in Kochi in the wee hours of Sunday for using hybrid ganja. The excise officials had seized 1.63 grams of hybrid ganja from them. The two were arrested and later released on bail.</p>.Malayalam directors Khalid Rahman and Ashraf Hamsa arrested for possessing hybrid ganja; suspended from FEFKA.<p>Meanwhile, actors Shine Tom Chacko and Sreenath Bhasi were quizzed by the excise officials in Alappuzha district on Monday in connection with their suspected links with a drug peddler Thaslima Sulthana, who was held with hybrid ganja worth around Rs. 2 crore recently.</p>
<p>Thiruvanathapuram: A day after two known filmmakers were held with hybrid ganja in Kerala, a known Malayalam rapper, Hirandas Murali alias 'Vedan', was held with ganja from his flat in <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/kochi">Kochi</a>.</p><p>Vedan has been known engaged in anti-drug campaigns as part of his shows, and used to perform in state government events too. Following the fresh development, his scheduled performance as part of the Pinarayi Vijayan government's fourth anniversary celebrations in Idukki on Tuesday has been cancelled.</p><p>According to police sources, six grams of ganja were recovered from his flat at Tripunithura in Kochi. The police carried out the raid following a tip-off. Vedan and members of his troupe were present at the flat. Vedan was learnt to have confessed that he used ganja. The police took all into custody.</p>.<p>Malayalam filmmakers Khalid Rahman and Ashraf Hamza were held along with another person in Kochi in the wee hours of Sunday for using hybrid ganja. The excise officials had seized 1.63 grams of hybrid ganja from them. The two were arrested and later released on bail.</p>.Malayalam directors Khalid Rahman and Ashraf Hamsa arrested for possessing hybrid ganja; suspended from FEFKA.<p>Meanwhile, actors Shine Tom Chacko and Sreenath Bhasi were quizzed by the excise officials in Alappuzha district on Monday in connection with their suspected links with a drug peddler Thaslima Sulthana, who was held with hybrid ganja worth around Rs. 2 crore recently.</p>