Ice drugs worth INR 270m bound for Sri Lanka seized in Chennai; Lankan among arrested

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
million Indian rupees in Chennai
Vijaykumar and Manivannan and recovered INR 150,000 in cash and 2.7 kg of Methamphetamine (ICE) from their possession last Tuesday
The cash was believed to be proceeds from the sale of drugs, NDTV reported.Meanwhile, DT Next reported that the two suspects arrested by the
duo had planned to send the drug to Sri Lanka.Based on intelligence, NCB sleuths secured two persons, later identified as Vijayakumar and
Manivannan-near Moolakadai bus stand and seized 1.9 kg of methamphetamine from them on October 22.Vijayakumar was a Sri Lankan national who
was living in the Kanniyakumari refugee camp and Manivannan is a native of Moreh town in Manipur state, the report said.NCB further searched
Both have been remanded in judicial custody
Further investigations are under way.Source: NDTV/DT Next--Agencies