Actor among five held with cocaine in Kerala

Kochi, January 31

A Malayalam actor and four women were arrested here for allegedly possessing narcotics, the police said on Saturday.

On a tip off, the police raided the flat in Kadavanthara last night and recovered 10 grams of cocaine.

The police took into custody five persons—actor Shine Tom Chacko, Assistant Director Blessy and three young models — when the party was on at the flat.

Their statements were recorded this morning, the police said.

The cocaine, said to have been brought from Goa, was seized, they added.

The police got the information that Reshma, one of the detained models, had taken the flat on rent from Mohammed Nizam, who was arrested two days ago as he rammed his vehicle against a security guard of his apartment in Thrissur.

Shine, who worked for 10 years as Assistant Director with various directors, got his first break in Kamal’s much-acclaimed film ‘Gaddama’, in which he essayed the role of a shepherd.

Thereafter, he was cast as a local goon in ‘Annayum Rasoolum’, a pshychopath killer in ‘Ee Adutha Kalam’ and a criminal on parole in ‘Chapters’.

The actor’s latest film is ‘Ithihasa’, a comedy fantasy in which he plays the role of a young petty thief.

Kochi Police commissioner K G James told reporters a case under Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substance Act had been registered against the accused. — PTI