CHENNAI: In yet another seizure of synthetic drugs, the Greater Chennai Police (GCP) arrested five private engineering college students and seized 94 Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) stamps, 48 ‘Ecstasy’ tablets, 700 gm of ‘OG’ ganja and five mobile phones on Sunday.
Based on intelligence, the team zeroed in on the buyer, R Karthikeyan (21), of JJ Nagar and seized 17 LSD stamps and three grams of ‘OG’ ganja, a supposedly purer form of cannabis which gives a sharper high. After interrogating him, the team arrested Arvind Balaji (20) of Mandaveli, D Vatsal (21) of Guduvanchery, A Aaruni (20) and S Drishan Sampath (20) of Maraimalai Nagar.
An official statement by the GCP said the students were selling the drugs through social media platform ‘Reddit’. LSD and Ecstasy are popular party drugs which are usually trafficked from European countries. Recently, the GCP had cracked down on sale of methamphetamine (Ice) and seized around 1.5 kg of the drug.
The arrested students were taken to a GH for medical examination where it was found that they had consumed narcotic substances. They were sent for judicial remand.