In a well-planned operation, sleuths of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) Chennai Zone seized 36 kg of methamphetamine, worth around ₹180 crore, at Madurai Junction and the Kondungaiyur dump in Chennai on Friday, February 29, 2024.
Acting on information that a passenger, travelling on Pothigai Express to Madurai from Chennai on Thursday would carry narcotic substances, DRI sleuths staked out Madurai Junction when the train reached there on Friday. They intercepted the suspect with the assistance of the Railway Protection Force.
Examining his baggage, they found 15 packets, weighing 30 kg, of coloured crystal substance. A chemical analysis confirmed that it was methamphetamine, the DRI said in a statement. On interrogation, he revealed that some more methamphetamine packets were kept at his home in Chennai.
