Overview
- Kozhikode police arrested two Perambra Block Resource Centre special educators, K.C. Keerthana and K. Kavya, after financial forensics linked QR-code payments for MDMA to their bank accounts.
- Investigators say the network took orders via a Gulf-based phone contact, sent buyers QR codes for payment and then provided photographed or GPS 'dead-drop' locations for collection.
- A Special Investigation Team that includes the Anti-Narcotics Squad and Cyber Cell has opened custodial interrogations and is auditing bank and call records to identify suppliers and delivery agents.
- The SIT arrested a third Perambra trainer, V.P. Neeshma, on Tuesday after information from earlier interrogations indicated larger money flows into her account.
- Samagra Shiksha Kerala has terminated the accused teachers' contracts, local protests have followed and police say further arrests are likely as Operation Toofan continues statewide drug tracing and seizures.