Greater Chennai Police arrest 21 people for drug trafficking in last two days

The Greater Chennai Police (GCP) arrested 21 people for possession of ganja and painkiller tablets. Police said a total of 15.8 kg of ganja and 4,184 painkiller tablets were seized during a two-day special drive against drugs.

Following a tip-off, a team from Tondiarpet police station monitored Kailasam Street in Tondiarpet and arrested H. Karthik alias “Pura” Karthik, 25, M. Madhankumar, 19, M. Abdul Kareem, 25, and C .Joseph. alias Dinesh, 27, for illegal possession of painkiller tablets. A total of 3,005 nitrazepam tablets and four mobile phones were seized from them.

On Sunday, Koyambedu police arrested four people for illegal possession of painkiller tablets. The arrested persons were identified as Harishkumar alias “Kulla” Harish, 23, of Virugambakkam, D. Manibharathi, 22, of Kodambakkam, A. Praveenkumar, 23, of KK Nagar, and M. Jeeva, 28, by Chrompet. A total of 753 tapentadol tablets were seized from them.