Overview
- An Anti-Narcotics Intelligence Unit team, working with Valasaravakkam police, used a decoy buyer after questioning an initial detainee to set up the operation.
- Officers intercepted a car in Valasaravakkam on the night of February 4 and arrested suppliers and associates, including actress Anju Krishna and assistant director Vincy Nivetha.
- Seizures included methamphetamine, OG ganja and other cannabis, an LSD stamp, a bong and multiple mobile phones, with a car and a diary also taken as evidence.
- Those detained were produced before a magistrate in Chennai and remanded to judicial custody as the probe proceeds.
- Reports differ on the total arrests, with several outlets citing eight and The Hindu, quoting police, reporting nine.