MANGALURU: The CCB police on Wednesday arrested four persons, including a woman, on the charges of purchasing MDMA (Methylenedioxymethamphetamine) commonly known as ecstasy from Bengaluru and transporting it in a car for sale in Mangaluru in Karnataka's Dakshina Kannada district.
Those arrested include Mohammed Rameez, 24, Abdul Ravoof, 35, from Uppala in Kasaragod, Mohiddeen Rashid, 24, from Shiriya in Kasaragod, and Sabitha, aka Chinchu aka Sameera, 25, from Madiwala in Bengaluru.
On reliable information, a team of police officials, led by inspector Mahesh Prasad and sub inspector Pradeep T R, searched a car near Padil and seized 125 grams of MDMA worth an approximate Rs 6 lakh.
In addition, the police seized six mobile phones, a digital weighing machine and the car used for the crime.
Among the arrested Mohammed Rameez was booked in two cases under the NDPS Act in the Konaje police station limits last year and was released from jail six months ago.
Abdul Ravoof was arrested in 2018 at the Mangaluru Rural Police station under the NDPS Act and Arms Act.
The accused were produced before a court and have been remanded to seven day police custody. A case had been registered at CEN police station.
