GCP seizes 16 kg of meth, find link to Myanmar and Haryana, arrest 10
The New Indian Express Anantapur|January 01, 2025
IN its biggest drug haul in 2024, the Greater Chennai Police (GCP) seized 16 kg of methamphetamine from a house in Vadakarai in Red Hills on Monday and busted an international syndicate.
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Ten people have been arrested and properties worth ₹5 crore seized in the case.

In all, the police have seized 17.8 kg of the drug from this syndicate alone worth ₹17 crore, although the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) pegs the per kg value of meth to be ₹10 crore.

The biggest reported case of methamphetamine seizure in Tamil Nadu in 2024 was the 36 kg bust by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) in Madurai in March. The 16-kg bust by the GCP is likely to be the second-biggest in the year.

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