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In the last two years, he started to steal opioid drugs from hospitals in Coimbatore to traffic them himself, running a vast network. There is no restriction for the opioid drugs and he bought the drugs from Bengaluru and supplied to Abdul Rahman. "Abdul Rahman met R Mahendran, 28, of Edayarpalayam , and V Ajay, 24, of Selvapuram , a few years ago while playing cricket. Later, they would sell one ampule of opioid drug for Rs 500," said inspector Sivakumar.Police said the trio had stolen such drugs from the Coimbatore Medical College and Hospital and many private hospitals in and around Coimbatore. Mahendran was working in an IT firm in Bengaluru and he had developed good rapport with staff of a few medical shops..