Chennai: The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has seized 137 kg of crystal methamphetamine valued at more than Rs 100 crore in Tamil Nadu’s Nagapattinam district, officials said on Sunday.
The seizure is being described as one of the largest drug hauls along the coast in recent years. Four people have been arrested in connection with the case under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985, and remanded to judicial custody, according to an official press release.
Acting on specific intelligence inputs, DRI officers carried out surveillance and enforcement operations on October 16 and 17. The operation led to the busting of a suspected coastal drug trafficking network, the release said.
