Police have arrested two persons, including actor-choreographer-dancer Kishore Aman Shetty, who were allegedly trying to sell banned drug MDMA, also known as Ecstasy.

Mangaluru city police commissioner Vikash Kumar said "after securing them, we got to know that one of them had acted in a Bollywood movie and is a choreographer dancer. His name is Kishore Aman Shetty, and the other person is Aqueel Nousheel. Both of them were caught while on a motorcycle. They had sourced the material from Mumbai and further investigation is on.

Official said that a motorcycle, two mobile phones and MDMA worth one lakh were seized during the operation, adding that a case has been booked under Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act.

Shetty was a participant in the popular dance reality show "Dance India Dance" and was also part of Bollywood film, "ABCD: Any Body Can Dance".

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