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KOCHI: More information is out on the case where a six-member gang including a model was caught selling drugs at a lodge. The police have intensified their search for Bose and Ikka, the main links in the gang.

Varapuzha resident and model Alka Boney (22), Ashiq Ansari (22) from Idukki, MC Sooraj (26), Ranjit (24), Mohammad Azhar (18) from Palakkad and IG Atul (18) from Thrissur were arrested last day. Cocaine, meth and marijuana brought for sale were seized. They were caught in a raid conducted by the police at the White House Lodge in Karukappalli. The room was taken in Ashiq's name.

The group had been staying at the lodge since the 13th. They were intoxicated when the Elamakara police and Dansaf reached the lodge for inspection. Pictures of injecting drugs using syringes and details of drug dealers were recovered from the mobile phone of one of the accused. Sooraj and Ranjith have been caught in several drug cases before. They were selling drugs by bringing them from Bengaluru.

Bose and Ikka are the main links of a drug gang based in Bengaluru. The police also got information about drug dealers from the diary seized from the arrested accused. According to the police, the gang used to distribute drugs worth at least fifteen thousand rupees a day.