Mangaluru police arrest Ugandan woman in Bengaluru, seize 4 kg MDMA

The Mangaluru police on Sunday, January 11, arrested a woman hailing from Uganda, on charges of supplying narcotic drugs to several drug peddlers operating in Mangaluru. A team of city police arrested her in Bengaluru and seized ₹4 crore worth of MDMA.

In a statement, Police Commissioner Sudheer Kumar Reddy said — on information provided by the alleged drug peddlers arrested in December 2025 — that the Central Crime Branch (CCB) sleuths were on the lookout for one Jalia Zalwango. On January 11, the CCB sleuths raided a location in Jigani in Bengaluru and arrested Zalwango and seized 4 kg of MDMA.

Mr. Reddy stated that the city police have identified the source of narcotic drugs for many Mangaluru drug peddlers with her arrest.

She was produced before the jurisdictional court, which remanded her to prison. The police will take custody of Zalwango and investigate others allegedly linked to her, Mr. Reddy said.

More arrests

On December 6, CCB sleuths arrested four individuals and seized 524 grams of MDMA worth over ₹5 lakh. The arrested are Mohammed Shiyab, 22, from Navunda village in Bydoor Taluk of Udupi district; Mohammed Nousahd, 29, from Ullal; Imran alias Imba, 27, from Bengre; and Nissar Ahamed, 36, from Brahmarakotlu in Bantwal taluk.

On December 31, CCB sleuths arrested Mohammed Iqbal, 30, from Mujooru in Kapu taluk of Udupi district, and Shaharaj Sharook, 25, from Padubidri in Udupi district, seizing 200 grams of MDMA valued at ₹20 lakh.