The trail began in New Mahe, Kannur, when Rajinas was seized with 0.6 gram of MDMA on July 3.
Police traced the drug to Mohammad Sameel, whose house and vehicle yielded 185 gram, and whose phone logs linked him to Mujitaba, alias Tabu, a key intermediary.
The network operated through 20 bank accounts, frequent SIM swaps, and drop‑point consignments across Kerala, Karnataka, and Haryana, according to the investigative report.
Arshad Ali, an associate of Tabu, was arrested in Gurugram on July 12 with 800 gram of MDMA, after Haryana Police received Kerala’s intel.
The chase stretched 2,000 km, culminating in Delhi on July 28, where Kannur’s DANSAF squad seized Nigerian Chinelo Lilian and Cameroonian Philomene Chancelin, who ran a dry‑fruit shop that masked the drug‑manufacturing operations.
K Karthik, DIG of Kannur Range, said investigators are now hunting the network’s kingpin, citing live video‑calls that revealed a manufacturing site; Operation Toofan and a new Anti‑Narcotics Investigation Team will coordinate the next phase.