Kochi: The Thrissur Rural Anti-Drug Squad, in coordination with the Kodakara Police, arrested a man and a woman for smuggling 180 grams of MDMA near the Kodakara flyover in Ernakulam, as part of Operation D-Hunt.

The accused Deepak Raju (30) of Vellangallur, Irinjalakuda, and Deekshitha (22) of Moothakunnam, North Paravur, were apprehended while walking towards a parked vehicle under the flyover after arriving from Bengaluru on an intercity bus. The operation was led by Rural DCB DySP Ullas Kumar.

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Deepak, known by the alias "Dark Merchant", is a key distributor in the Irinjalakuda region. He was previously arrested in 2020 in Chittoor, Andhra Pradesh, for smuggling 10 kilograms of ganja after a road accident revealed the drugs. He was later released on bail. Despite his prior arrests for possession of hash oil and cannabis, Deepak allegedly continued drug trafficking after each release. 

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