Medico held for drug peddling

The city police on Wednesday arrested Sajan Rajagopal (27) an MBBS final year student at JJM Medical College here, for drug peddling.

The CEN police have recovered, from the suspect, 1.1 kg ganja and other drugs, including LSD, all worth Rs 1 lakh.

Superintendent of Police R Chetan told reporters, “The CEN police team, led by Police Inspector T V Devaraj, raided the house of Sajan at Siddaveerappa Layout in the city and recovered ganja and other drugs. During the interrogation, it was found that Sajan, a native of Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala, is currently doing his housemanship. A drug addict, Sajan used to sell the banned substances to the students.”