Central Crime Branch sleuths arrested nine persons, including a final year MBBS student, in two raids on places where cannabis and other narcotic drugs were stocked in the city on Tuesday.
In the first raid at Marnamikatte, CCB sleuths arrested Mohammed Ameen Rafih (19), Mohammed Afham (19), Roshan Yousouf (18), Mohammed Thameem (20), Mohammed Rayees (20), Abdul Arman (20) and Prajwal Phinehas (24). In the second raid at a place on Mission Street in Bunder, CCB sleuths arrested Abdul Rahiman (32) and Mohammed Sadiq (33).
The police recovered a total of nine MDMA pills weighing four grams, 5.235 kg of cannabis, 1.86 grams of MDMA powder, five mobile phones, a car and a scooter.
The police said that Ameen Rafih was sourcing cannabis from Bengaluru and supplying it to Phinehas and other accused persons, who, in turn, distributed it to people, which included several medical students. A search is on to find those who supplied drugs to Ameen Rafih.
The police said that Rahiman had procured cannabis in Bengaluru from a man hailing from Odisha. An effort is on to trace the seller, the police said.
