Daijiworld Media Network - Mangaluru
Mangaluru, Oct 26: In a major haul, the Mangaluru south anti-rowdy squad on Thursday October 26 seized contraband drugs like LSD (lysergic acid diethylamide), MDMA (methylenedioxymethamphetamine, also called ecstasy) and MDM (methylene dioxy methamthetami) in the form of tablets and powders and arrested four youths who were peddling them in the city.
Based on credible information received by ACP of Mangaluru south sub-divisional anti-rowdy squad that banned drugs were being sold in the city, the team arrested Nikhil K B (24), a resident of Kanhangad, Kasargod, Shravan Poojary (23), a resident of Kulshekar, Roshan Veigas (22) of Kannur, Kerala, and Bashim Basheer (22) of Thrissur, Kerala.
Among the accused, Nikhil is an eighth semester student of an engineering college in the city. Police said that he failed in two subjects.
Shravan passed his engineering in 2015 from a college in the city, while Roshan and Basheer are in their third year of MBBS studies in a college in the city.
The police seized 900 grams of MDMA powder, 185 LSD stamps, 25 MDM pills, an electronic weighing scale that was being used to measure the drugs, four mobile phones, one each of Bullet and Yamaha bikes and two 'hookahs'. The total value of the seized items is estimated at Rs 5,30,500.
During investigation, the police learnt that Nikhil was habitually supplying drugs to parties.
Some more who are suspected to be involved in the racket will be arrested soon, police said.
Further investigations are on.