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150 kg drugs seized from Red Hills factory
In one of the largest seizures of narcotics in recent times, the Chennai zonal unit of Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) raided a ‘detergent’ manufacturing facility and its godown at Red Hills and seized 11 kg of Methamphetamine, 56 kg of Pseudo Ephedrine and 90 kg of low quality heroin, all valued approximately at Rs 71 crore on Saturday.
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The DRI also arrested a 10-member gang, including the mastermind and a Malaysian national. Officials said that the gang was involved in the production of Methamphetamine, a party drug, popular in South East Asia and parts of Europe, under the guise of producing detergent powder.
The DRI sleuths had the area under surveillance for some days before the Saturday operation. Sources said the identities of the accused have been withheld as releasing them might affect the follow up action in the case. Officials said international drug racketeers, with deep roots in countries like Malaysia, are the kingpins of manufacturing.
Officials said the racket influenced a local detergent manufacturer and lured him into producing Methamphetamine. The gang, with a welllaid network both in Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh, supplied the raw materials, mainly Pseudo Ephedrine, to manufacture the contraband and smuggled out the final product.
Sources said the gang had installed an full-fledged apparatus to process and ‘cook’ Methamphetamine using the raw materials. The team had seized most of the drugs from its city godown, whose location the sleuths refused to divulge.
HUGE HAUL
- 11 kg of methamphetamine, 56 kg of pseudo ephedrine and 90 kg low quality heroin seized
- Cost of the drugs seized Rs 71 crore
- 10 people arrested, including a Malaysian national
- Methamphetamine, a party drug, popular in South East Asia and parts of Europe, being manufactured in the ‘guise’ of detergent.
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