Mangaluru North police have arrested a 42-year-old woman and seized 153 grams of MDMA, valued by police at Rs 15.30 lakh, during a raid on a flat near Pumpwell-Ujjodi in Mangaluru. Police said the woman was allegedly supplying the synthetic drug to youths and students across the city.
The arrested woman was identified as Naseema, a resident of Laila village in Belthangady taluk of Dakshina Kannada district. According to police, she was staying at the apartment near Pumpwell-Ujjodi when officers conducted the raid and recovered the suspected MDMA.
Police said the investigation began after a drug consumption case was reported at Mangaluru North police station on November 1. During the inquiry into that case, investigators gathered information that allegedly linked Naseema to the supply of drugs to one or more persons connected with the consumption case.
Based on that information, police began probing the suspected supply network and subsequently carried out the raid. The seizure of 153 grams is the central recovery reported in the case. Police valued the seized substance at Rs 15.30 lakh, although the source report did not provide details of the forensic examination or the specific provisions under which the case was registered.
Police said Naseema reportedly told investigators that she had been selling MDMA to youths and students in different parts of Mangaluru. The statement is part of the police investigation and has not been independently established in the information available. The source report also did not identify the alleged buyers or specify the locations where the substance was reportedly distributed.
The arrest places the case within the city’s ongoing law-and-order response to drug consumption and supply. The investigation began with a reported consumption case and expanded into an alleged supply link, illustrating how police inquiries can move from an individual incident towards identifying other people connected to the suspected network. No further details about the original consumption case were provided.
Naseema was arrested and produced before a court, which remanded her to judicial custody, according to police. The court’s remand order and the next scheduled hearing were not detailed in the source report.
Police said a few more people were involved in the case and that efforts were under way to arrest them. The investigation is therefore continuing beyond the seizure and the arrest already reported. Further action will depend on the police inquiry and court proceedings.
