Mangaluru (Karnataka), March 5 Six people were arrested in two separate cases for allegedly selling narcotic substances to college students and young women in the city, police said on Thursday.
In the first case, police raided a room at a lodge on Badria Road under the Mangaluru South police station limits and arrested four accused who were allegedly selling drugs from the premises, they said.
The arrested individuals are identified as Mohammed Syed Afridi (26), Maksood Saag (23), Ahmed Ali Arshan (22), and Felix P Joseph (20), according to police.
Police seized 53.87 grams of MDMA, 103.20 grams of hydro weed ganja, and a car from them.
According to police, in another case registered at the Mangaluru North police station, two people – Edal Roch (33) and Aaron Vishal Lasrado (18) – were arrested near Bunder while allegedly selling ganja and hydro weed.
Police recovered 60 grams of hydro weed, 1 kg 155 grams of ganja, and a car from them.
Preliminary investigations revealed that a man based in Mumbai, identified as Sandeep Shetty, who works as a manager at a hotel in Dubai, allegedly arranged for hydro weed to be transported by air to Bengaluru, a senior police officer said.
From the airport, a man identified as Edal Roch allegedly transported the contraband to locations specified by Shetty.
The drugs were later supplied through Saag to Afridi and Arshan, who allegedly brought them to Mangaluru in their vehicle and sold them to youths, according to police.
Cases have been registered under relevant provisions of the NDPS (Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances) Act, and further investigation is underway, police added.
