CHENNAI: In a biggest ever haul of narcotic drugs and units producing them in recent times, Directorate of Revenue Intelligence personnel raided an illegal drug manufacturing and a warehouse resulted in the seizure of narcotic substances worth more than Rs 71 crore, making apparatus at Red Hills near Chennai. A press release from the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence said on Saturday that 10 persons, including a Malaysian national, were arrested.

Officials said the men were involved in manufacture, testing and storage of narcotic drugs at a factory in Red Hills and stored them at a warehouse in Chennai. After raiding the two places, more than 11kg of methamphetamine, 56kg of pseudoephedrine and 90kg of heroin were seized, a release said. Based on a tip off that a huge quantity of the party drug, or methamphetamine, was being manufactured at an illegal facility in Chennai’s Red Hills areas and some finished drug were being kept at a godown in Chennai, officials raided the factory.

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The factory, which claimed to manufacture detergent powder, “had installed elaborate apparatus to process and cook meth under finely controlled conditions.” Officials also raided the factory in Chennai, where they found methamphetamine and large quantities of raw material used for the manufacture. “The raw materials were transported from the godown to the factory and finished products were brought back before distribution or export,” an official said.

