Kerala Police arrested seven people in anti-narcotics operation

Kerala Police arrested seven people, including an MBBS doctor and a BDS student during a major anti-narcotics operation near here in the early hours of New Year’s Day on Thursday.

The arrests were made by the Attingal and Nedumangad Rural District Anti-Narcotic Special Action Force (DANSAF) teams from a rented house in Thoppil, Kaniyapuram, in the early hours following a



tip-off received by the Thiruvananthapuram Rural SP, police said.

Among those arrested were two women, besides an IT professional, they said.

According to the Kadinamkulam Station House Officer, the gang was allegedly involved in smuggling MDMA and other synthetic drugs from Bengaluru and supplying them, mainly to medical professionals and students.