The officials of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence on Saturday seized about 10 tonnes of poppy seeds, which had reached V.O.C. Port here from Malaysia.
According to sources, based on specific intelligence, the DRI officials nabbed a few suspects, and based on their confession they checked a container carrying white cement. The officials found bags containing poppy seeds hidden between cement bags. Preliminary inquiries revealed that the poppy seeds were worth about ₹1.75 crore.
A senior official said they had questioned a shipping agent in Thoothukudi and the persons in an office in Madurai as the poppy seeds were about to be smuggled to a few destinations in south Tamil Nadu and other places by road.
