Drug trafficking: two accused teachers released in police custody
A special court has granted police custody of two former teachers accused of acting as financial intermediaries for an inter-state drug trafficking network. The investigation aims to track other suspects involved in the MDMA case.
Why it matters
The involvement of educators in drug trafficking networks highlights the reach of organized crime and the severity of the narcotics issue.
The Vadakara Special Court (Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Act cases) on Thursday (August 20) granted police custody of former Perambra Block Resource Centre (BRC) teachers K. Kavya and V.P. Neeshma, two of the five accused in the Vadakara MDMA case, for further interrogation in the incident.
Special investigation team members said the two would remain in police custody until 4 p.m. on Friday (August 21). They had sought three days’ custody to quiz the accused together. K.C. Keerthana, the other accused teacher, had already been interrogated in police custody as part of efforts to track the other suspects in the drug traffickers’ gang.
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