850 gm of methamphetamine seized in Madurai
The Hindu
Madurai police seize methamphetamine and chemicals, hand over suspect to Narcotics Intelligence Bureau for investigation.
Madurai City police on Thursday seized 850 grams of methamphetamine and some other unidentified chemicals and solutions from a house in K. K. Nagar.
Acting on a tip-off, a team of Serious Crime Squad raided a house in the afternoon and found some chemicals in the house. The information was shared with sleuths of Narcotics Intelligence Bureau, following which they also joined in the search.
Confirming the seizure of the drug, Madurai City Commissioner of Police J. Loganathan, said that the seized materials and one person were handed over to the NIB sleuths for further investigation.
Among the seized materials were different white powders, different solutions and 30 gm of ganja. The chemicals would be sent for chemical analysis in the laboratory for their identification.
NIB were interrogating the suspect on where these materials were procured from and where it was being sold.