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Chennai anti-narcotics unit seizes methaqualone in Triplicane raid, three held

Acting on specific intelligence received by the ANIU, a joint team comprising ANIU personnel and officers from the Triplicane Police Station conducted raids at the T.H. Road and CNK Road junction

DTNEXT Bureau

CHENNAI:In a targeted operation, the Anti-Narcotics Intelligence Unit (ANIU) of the Greater Chennai Police arrested three individuals in the Triplicane area on Wednesday (June 25) for possessing the banned narcotic substance methaqualone.

Acting on specific intelligence received by the ANIU, a joint team comprising ANIU personnel and officers from the Triplicane Police Station conducted raids at the TH Road and CNK Road junction. The operation led to the apprehension of the individuals identified as Ghiyathudeen (48), from Triplicane, Nayimullah (44), of Triplicane and Syed Vasimudeen (28), from Royapettah.

From the arrested individuals, authorities confiscated 6 grams of methaqualone,

Rs 1,000 in cash and 1 two-wheeler vehicle. Following interrogation, the three accused were produced before the court and remanded in judicial custody.

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