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Call detail records and bank transaction details of several suspects are now under scrutiny following the arrest of two special educators last week in connection with a major drug trafficking case
The arrests followed the detention of a man identified as Safwan with MDMA during the anti-drug operation
V.P. Neeshma, 30, a specialist teacher at the Perambra BRC, was taken into custody after being summoned for interrogation.
Money trail being tracked as digital evidence points to wider network of local intermediaries who were reportedly in touch with a multi-State drug racket for passive income
Police say the action is aimed at depriving the accused of assets allegedly amassed through illicit trafficking and disrupting financial incentives sustaining organised drug networks
The special investigation team has already arrested five persons, including three special educators from Perambra who allegedly worked as financial intermediaries for the alleged drug racket
Police sources say the bank transactions that she reportedly carried out for suspected drug traffickers will be verified again with the newly accessed digital evidence
The teachers were recently arrested and remanded in judicial custody for allegedly functioning as financial intermediaries for inter-State drug traffickers. Their role was uncovered following the arrest of Safwan, the first accused in the case from Vadakara.