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Heroin, ganja seized from three men in city
The sleuths of the Narcotics Intelligence Bureau (NIB) seized seven grams of heroin worth Rs 70,000 from a man in Mannadi on Saturday. Preliminary inquiry revealed that he procured the drug from Goa. In another case, the officers seized eight kg of ganja that was found in one of the platforms of the MGR Chennai Central Railway Station.
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Based on a tip-off that a man named Asik Ali from Sivaganga was selling heroin, NIB sleuths raided a house in Mannadi. There they found the drug in small packets.
“He has a set of customers who contact him over phone to buy heroin,” said NIB sleuths. The police booked him under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act and remanded him to judicial custody.
The NIB has also seized close to eight kg of ganja found abandoned on Platform 4 of MGR Chennai Central Railway Station. The value of the seized drug is close to Rs 3.2 lakh. “We are yet to identify the owner of the parcel, and are checking CCTV footage to zero in on the accused,” said police.
Similarly, Taramani police have arrested a duo for smuggling 1.5 kg ganja in a car. A night patrol team intercepted a vehicle near SRP Tools signal around 11 pm on Saturday. When the car was searched on suspicion, the police found 1.5 kg ganja hidden under the seat.
K Kumar Raja (20) of Andhra Pradesh and Abishek Singha (32) of Taramani, who were arrested under NDPS Act, were remanded in judicial custody on Sunday and the car in their possession was also seized. Investigation revealed the duo wanted to sell the contraband to a peddler in the city, police said.
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