Tamil Nadu: NIA conducts raids in case linked to narcotics and arms trafficking

Chennai, August 08: In connection to the ongoing investigation in the case of narcotics and arms smuggling to India and Sri Lanka, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) searched Tamil Nadu's Chengalpattu district on Friday and recovered several gadgets and incriminating documents.

According to officials, the smuggling is related to the suspected activities of a Sri Lankan drug mafia working with a supplier in Pakistan.

 

 

An official statement was also issued by the NIA stating that the searches were conducted at the residence of one suspect in Tamil Nadu's Chengalpattu district. "The said mafia is controlled by C Gunashekharan or Guna and Pushparajah or Pookutti Kanna who in association with Haji Salim, drug and arms supplier based in Pakistan", it added. While further investigations are still underway, the officials have recovered and seized digital devices and various incriminating documents from the residence.

 

Notably, these drugs and arms traffickers are said to have been operating in India and Sri Lanka to revive LTTE and to further its violent activities.

 

The NIA earlier registered the case on July 8 following which the searches were carried out. The case was filed under various sections that covered serious offences that fall under criminal conspiracy, the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act and the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, etc.