Key men of drug cartel nabbed in Delhi
Originally, the Anti-Narcotic Intelligence Unit (ANIU) and Anna Salai police caught a gang of five youth on March 9 on Whites Road and Smith Road junction. Methamphetamine, ganja, MDMA tablets and other narcotic drugs were seized from them. They were found peddling drugs along with a few others. After conducting an enquiry and based on information given by them, the police traced five more suspects, including four foreign nationals from African countries, and arrested them in the first week of April. The contraband and a weighing machine were seized from them.
The police went deep into the network and traced two men who were supplying the drug to the network from Delhi. A special team of police personnel traced a suspect, Abou, 39, from Ivory Coast, a West African nation. He was staying at Vikas Vihar, Nilothi Extension, New Delhi West. He was nabbed by police on Sunday at his hide-out along with Rahul, a 19-year-old youth who was helping him. Fifteen grams of cocaine, seven grams of heroin, three grams of methamphetamine and ₹50,000 were seized from them.
The police obtained a transit warrant after producing them in a court. They were brought to Chennai and remanded in judicial custody after being produced before a court in Egmore Court complex.
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