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Kanetsugu Naoe
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Published: Tuesday December 7, 2010 MYT 3:51:00 PM
Four Malaysians held for drug trafficking in Chennai
CHENNAI: Four Malaysians, allegedly linked to Indian drug suppliers, were held in Chennai for trying to smuggle out 27.5kg of ephedrine sealed in woman's garments. The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), India's elite drug enforcement agency, arrested the Malaysians, along with an Indian national in connection with the crime in Chennai on Sunday night.
"We have some very good leads and working on it, we suspect they are linked to a bigger drug supplier in Malaysia," NCB south zonal director Davidson Devasirvatham told Bernama Tuesday. All the suspects were arrested at the Anna International Airport while waiting to aboard the Chennai-Kuala Lumpur flight, after checking in their baggage.
NCB investigators discovered the contraband in powder form, packed in small packets weighing about 500gms, hidden in "salwar kameez," popular Indian lady suits. Ephedrine, a psychotropic substance used to produce stimulants, is becoming traffickers' favourite contraband item due to the growing demand as a "party drug" among teenagers. - Bernama
