KOCHI: In a raid on a luxury flat, police arrested three persons, including a woman, with drugs worth lakhs. MDMA, hashish oil and cannabis were seized.

The arrested are Sameer VK (35) of Nafeesath Villa in Kasargod's Vadakkeppuram, Ajmal Razak (32) of Mulambayil House in Kothamangalam's Nellimattom, and Arya Chelattu (23) of Chelattu House in Perumpilly in Vyppin. 46 grams of MDMA, 1.280 kilograms of hashish oil and 340 grams of cannabis were seized.

Sameer, a native of Kasaragod, has been working in Malaysia and running a hotel and stationery shops in Kochi. Drugs imported from Bangalore and Goa are being sold under the cover of shops. MDMA was charged at Rs 5,000 to Rs 6,000 per gram and hashish oil at Rs 1,000 to Rs 2,000 per 3 mg. There are also people in quotation groups in his circle.

The group was trapped by a message received on the WhatsApp group 'Yoddhav' implemented by the Kochi Police Commissionerate for 'Drug Free Kochi'. The operation is being led by IG and Commissioner of Police Nagaraju.

The accused were arrested by assistant Commissioner of Narcotics Biji George, Central Inspector Vijay Shankar and Dansaf SI Joseph Sajan, Central SI Thomas on the instructions of Deputy Commissioner Aishwarya Dongre,