Chennai: 4 held for promoting drugs via meals provide agent, 10.5 kg marijuana seized

Police officers recognize busted a drug racket dealing in marijuana in Tamil Nadu’s Sholinganallur which turned working the make use of of a meals provide agent to hold drugs.

An undercover officer seen a meals provide agent ready at a achieve for an awfully very very long time beneath suspicious circumstances. After a while, each different man got here on a two-wheeler and handed over a parcel to the provide agent.

Stunned at how points had been panning out and the very best methodology the provide agent turned reviving a tools instead of handing over it, the cop went ahead to question the 2. Alternatively, on seeing the officer coming advance, the 2 males tried to flee from the achieve, however, on the very second, each different cop occurred to achieve there and helped nab the 2 of us.

On checking the parcel, it turned came upon that it contained marijuana. The two had been impulsively rushed to Chemmenjery Police House. On additional enquiry, it turned came upon {that a} racket turned working the make use of of a meals provide agent to hold marijuana. The supply agent, Vijay (27) turned caught along with Pugal (26) and it turned later came upon that that they had been working along with two loads of of us — Navothis (23) and Arun (29).

Pugal, Arun, and Navothis had been roommates in the course of faculty and had been hooked on marijuana. Arun is presently working as a group chief in an IT firm. Navothis’s mom is the managing director of an Airways firm. These three purchased into promoting marijuana to diagram quickly cash, police acknowledged.

Their modus operandi alive to Pugal snuggling marijuana from Andhra Pradesh into Chennai. From Andhra Pradesh, Pugal would carry the medication in an opulent automotive and previous to the interstate guidelines, he would swap right into a authorities bus which most steadily has lowered checking. After the take a look at put up, Pugal would swap benefit into the reliable automotive, which may presumably perhaps properly be no longer most steadily checked.

“The group would purchase marijuana for round Rs 15,000 and promote the equal for about Rs 30,000. Their essential areas of sale embody faculties alongside OMR, Anna Nagar, and even to a pair cinema personalities,” acknowledged officers after the enquiry.

Vijay, an IT diploma holder, is a pal of Arun. The group had anticipated {that a} provide boy handing over capabilities may presumably perhaps no longer be suspected and therefore launched in Vijay who turned looking out for out a job. Vijay turned given a fee of Rs 2,000 per tools delivered. Vijay will likely be alleged to understand began his recognize line of customers on this commerce, police acknowledged.

Police seized 10.5 kg of marijuana, 150 gram marijuana oil, and 16 syringes from their possession. Moreover they seized a motorcycle which turned inclined for the sale of the medication.

Police recognize now registered a case towards the 4. That they had been produced previous to the Alandur Court docket and had been preserve within the benefit of bars.