Tuticorin: At least 21 kilograms of heroin worth more than Rs 21 Crore were confiscated and six people were arrested on Tuesday night and Wednesday to smuggle and sell drugs in Tuticorin.
Police District Supervisors S Jayakumar told Ti that the defendant claimed to have received a 30 kg drug package floating in the sea from the Minicoy Islands while fishing there.
A special team is looking for a accused key that is running in the state.
The arrest is M Ansar Ali, 26, M MariMutu, 26, and S Imran Khan, 27, Tuticorin City and Antony Muthu, 42, Prem Singh, and S Kasali, 27, from coastal village Tharuvaikulam.
They were ordered under the narcotics drug and the Psychotropic substance law (NDPS).
Middle Police Thooothukudi began an investigation based on information that drugs were sold in the city.
During the investigation they found Ansar Ali and his legs Marimuthu and Imran Khan on Thursday night.
The police said that 162 grams of heroin worth more than RS 16 lakh recovered from Imran Khan’s house.
Their confession caused a 21 kg heroin seizure from the owner of the owner of the mechanical ship Antony Muthu and caught his arms of Prem and Kasali.
“Close to the beginning of this year, the Antony Muthu boat that applies to fishing in the multi-day sea finds a strange package floating when they are fishing close to the Minicoy Islands in the Arab Sea – around 250 nautical miles (463 km) from the mainland” SP.
Floating package has almost 30 kg of heroin in a package with one kilogram each.
The owner of the ship and his accomplee left the untouched parcel for more than four months and then sold six kg for Rs 9 lakh at Rs 1.5 lakh a kg through his arms of Prem and Kasali, which in turn sold it to Tutusin.
Antony Muthu only got Rs 40,000 for one kilogram while the rest was distributed by accomplices and intermediaries.
They also distribute some drugs as samples.
Police believe there may be truth in fishermen’s statement because there have been examples of smugglers who dispose of drugs at sea when agents of enforcement and security close to them.
The police got the drug tested and confirmed it was heroin.
The cellphone and other gadgets used by the defendant were also confiscated for the probe.
A special team was looking for Murugan of Anna Nagar in Tuticorin because she was suspected of being a key accused of a drug racket.
21kg Heroin worth RS 21CR confiscated in Tuticorin
