MANGALURU: The Mangaluru City Crime Branch (CCB) has arrested a Ugandan national and seized four kg MDMA valued at approximately Rs 4 crore. Mangaluru City Police Commissioner Sudheer Kumar Reddy said that Zalwango was the primary supplier for a network of peddlers operating across Mangaluru city. The investigation gained momentum in December when Mulky and Surathkal police arrested six local distributors in two separate cases. The seizure of 900 grams of drugs from those suspects provided the critical intelligence that eventually led investigators to Zalwango in Bengaluru. By arresting the primary source of the supply chain, the CCB believes it has effectively dismantled a significant international link feeding the local drug demand.

Source: Indian Express January 12, 2026 12:51 UTC