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Interstate MDMA trafficking case: Kerala police arrest suspect in Bengaluru and seize ₹1 crore of drugs
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Kerala’s Anti-Narcotic Special Action Force arrested an alleged interstate MDMA peddler in Bengaluru and seized MDMA valued at about ₹1 crore, bringing total arrests in the linked case to nine and total seizures to about 3 kg.
Why it matters
The Kerala Anti-Narcotic Special Action Force arrested Dhiresh Kutum (27) in Bengaluru during a raid near Mylasandra/Electronic City and seized MDMA from a house in Ramesh Reddy Layout, with police valuing the drugs at roughly ₹1 crore. Investigators allege the distribution method involved disguising MDMA as food parcels/cereal packs while posing as delivery personnel tied to food aggregators. Police link the arrest to a prior Malappuram operation a week earlier in which eight people were arrested with 1 kg of MDMA, and state the broader case now totals nine arrests and about 3 kg seized. The alleged supply chain described by police spans Assam to Kerala and Karnataka, with a Nigerian national (brother-in-law) cited as facilitating procurement and movement.
Implications
- • Multi-state enforcement increases disruption risk for MDMA supply routes via Assam-Kerala-Karnataka
- • Use of delivery-person disguise raises scrutiny risk for parcel-based distribution methods
- • Case expansion to nine arrests increases legal exposure for associated intermediaries
- • High-value seizure signals intensified targeting of MDMA networks by Kerala police units
Who is affected
- • Kerala Anti-Narcotic Special Action Force and Kerala Police narcotics units
- • Individuals and networks involved in MDMA procurement, transport, and distribution across states
- • Parcel/delivery intermediaries used as cover in narcotics movement (as alleged by police)
- • Suspects linked to the case, including the arrested individual and alleged facilitators
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