The Mangaluru City Police have arrested two persons from Kerala on the charge of selling MDMA to students and others. The police recovered 15 grams of MDMA worth ₹15 lakh.
The police gave the names of the arrested as Abdul Salam, 30, and Suraj Rai, 26, both from Badaje post in Manjeshwar of Kasaragod district of Kerala.
On a tip-off, he Central Crime Branch sleuths apprehended the accused persons near K.C. Road in Talapady village, bordering Kasaragod district, on Wednesday. The two persons were found driving a two-wheeler. Apart from 15 grams of MDMA, the police seized two mobile phones, the two-wheeler, and a digital weighing machine.
The police said Salam was an accused in a case of illegal selling of drugs registered in Manjeshwar police station. Rai was accused in a similar case registered in Ullal police station, the police said in a press release.
