Purported Anti-Drug Organisation State President Sharfin Sebastian Arrested In MDMA Case After Police Found Drugs At His House

Pathanamthitta, Kerala: Police on Tuesday arrested a young man who allegedly claimed to be the state president of an anti-drug organisation in connection with a drug case. The police took the 25-year-old man into custody after seizing 1.590 grams of MDMA and finding drug use from his house in Pathanamthitta district.

The accused is identified as Sharfin Sebastian, was known locally as a campaigner against narcotics. Sebastian’s arrest occurred during a joint operation by the District DANSAF team and the Ranni Sub-Division DANSAF team under “Operation Toofan”, the state government’s anti-drug crackdown.

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Sharfin had been under surveillance for several days after receiving specific intelligence that he was storing MDMA at his residence. When police team reached the young man’s home on Sunday, he tried to divert the officers by leading them to a different room instead of his own. The police, however, recovered 1.590 grams of MDMA concealed inside a secret compartment among books during the search.

The officials also recovered an identity card identifying Sharfin as the state president of the Youth Movement of the Anti Drugs Movement In Nation (ADMIN), L-shaped pipes used to heat and inhale MDMA, and plastic smoking pipes and other drug-use paraphernalia.

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Notably, further probe revealed that Sharfin is also an accused in narcotics cases registered at Palarivattom and Ernakulam Town police stations, besides two criminal cases at Koipuram police station.