Woman among five arrested for smuggling crystal meth in Chennai

Police arrested five persons, including a woman, for possession of methamphetamine after a security check based on a tip-off.

In Short

• Four men and a woman were held by police for drug smuggling
• Cops acted on tip-off to stop and search two men on motorbike
• Questioning led to other accused and seizure of crystal meth

Four men and a woman were arrested by the Esplanade Police in Chennai for smuggling drugs. The police caught the five after a security check on Thursday evening.

The police found two of the men carrying methamphetamine, commonly known as meth or crystal meth, leading to their arrest.

The raid happened at a vehicle check-point near Mannadi on Thursday. Acting on confidential information, the police had set up a security check and had stopped two men on a motorbike.

Routine questioning raised suspicion among the police as the two men were unable to provide coherent, clear answers. This led the police to search the vehicle and find the highly addictive drug.

Further questioning led to the arrest of five persons, identified as Dinesh Prathap, Santosh, Praveen, Tejas and Fathima. The police also seized the two motorcycles as well as retrieved 7 g methamphetamine.

The Chennai police, on October 24, had arrested seven college students for running a covert meth lab in the city. The gang of students had set up a methamphetamine-making lab in one of their houses in the city to produce the highly-addictive drug under the radar.

In another raid on October 29, the Narcotics Control Bureau seized 2.7 kg of methamphetamine, valued at Rs 27 crore, and arrested two suspects in a drug bust in the city. Chennai.