2,500 km drive through Karnataka, Goa and Maharashtra: MDMA drug gang member Vicky arrested

THRISSUR: After the investigation into the case where 330 grams of MDMA was found in a car, two key links in the drug trade have been arrested. Vicky (Vikram, 26), a resident of Bengaluru, who is the leader of a gang that smuggles large quantities of drugs to Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Goa, and Riyas (35), a resident of Guruvayur Chowallurpadi, a gang member, have been arrested. They are the members of drug gangs based in Bengaluru.

Najeeb from Kasaragod and Jitesh Kumar from Guruvayoor were arrested on May 21 in connection with the seizure of MDMA in Thrissur. Based on the information received from them, Vikram, the leader of Vicky's gang, a large gang that smuggles MDMA, and Riyas, the main gang member in Kerala, were arrested.

2500km drive

A three-day, 2,500 km drive through the states of Karnataka, Goa and Maharashtra. The police made a concerted effort to nab the main ringleaders of the Vickies gang based in Bengaluru, which is the main gang that smuggles the deadly drug MDMA to Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Goa. By the time the Kerala police reached Bengaluru in search of Vicky, he escaped. Kerala police followed Vicky to his residence in Goa.

He escaped by knocking down the checkposts set up by the Goan police. From there he crossed into Maharashtra and Karnataka. The police also went after him. He was caught by stopping the car on the Bengaluru-Mysore highway. In 2022, Vikram was arrested in Bengaluru in a drug smuggling case and served jail time. After being released on bail, he started Vicky's gang by joining up with those he had met in prison.