Three persons accused of distributing synthetic drugs for rave parties in private resorts and luxury hotels in the city were arrested by the Excise here with 7.50 grams of MDMA on Wednesday.
The arrested are Salahudheen O.M., 35, of Padamugal, Ameer Abdul Khadar, 27, of Palakkad, and Arfas Shereed, 27, of Kottayam. Officials also seized ₹1.05 lakh, allegedly earned through the sale of drugs, and three smartphones from the accused. A joint operation by the special action team of Enforcement Assistant Commissioner, Excise Ernakulam Intelligence Bureau, and Ernakulam and Angamaly range Excise teams led to the arrest and seizure.
The racket used to allegedly distribute drug by the code name ‘disco biscuit.’ They used to move around in clients’ own vehicles and that too only during nights for delivering drugs, said Excise officials. Salahudheen, the officials said, with many criminal cases against him was the kingpin who used to arrange drugs at rave parties.
