Kochi: Police today approached a court here seeking permission to conduct DNA test on Malayalam actor Shine Tom and four women who were arrested last month here on charges of possessing cocaine.

In a petition in the Principal Sessions Court, Ernakulam, police said the DNA test has to be done on them to compare saliva sample from the cigarette butt collected from a flat from where they were held and their blood samples to scientifically prove that the actor and the women were using cocaine cigarettes.