A house surgeon at the Thrissur Government Medical College was held with drugs on Tuesday.
The police seized 2.5 g of MDMA (ecstasy) and other synthetic drugs from Akhil Mohammed Hussain, who was staying at a private hostel near the medical college. The drugs were brought from Bengaluru, according to the police.
The Medical College police and the City Shadow police were keeping vigil as there were reports that a drug network had been active near the medical college, concentrating around private hostels.