Four arrested in raids on rave parties in Kochi hotels
The Hindu
They were charged with possessing high-end drugs
Customs and Excise department officials conducted a joint raid at weekend rave parties at luxury hotels in the city and arrested four persons on the charge of possessing high-end drugs, on Saturday night. The arrested are Ansar, 48, a disco jockey from Bengaluru; Nisvin, 39, Dennis, 42, and Jomy, 48, all Aluva natives. A total of 1.6 grams of MDMA drugs and 50 grams of ganja were seized from them. Personnel of the Narcotic Control Bureau (NCB) also joined the raids that were conducted at four hotels in the city and one in Fort Kochi. All the arrested were booked under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act. A foreign national who was the key organiser of the parties managed to escape. A drive is on to nab him.
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