India, April 28 -- Popular Kerala rapper Hirandas Murali, who goes by the stage name Vedan, was on Monday arrested for the alleged possession of marijuana, a police officer said.

The police seized the drugs during a raid conducted by the Hill Palace police at the rapper's apartment in Vyttila, Kochi on Monday.

"Vedan has admitted that he has been using drugs. We seized around 6 grams of marijuana from the apartment. We have recorded his arrest, and he will be released on station bail as the quantity of drugs seized is minimal," an officer from the Hill Palace police station said.

The police have also confiscated around Rs.9 lakh in cash from the rapper's apartment where some of his artist colleagues were present.

"They claimed the mon...