Overview

• The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence detained Vishal Brahma after he returned to Chennai on a trip linked to Air India flight AI 347 from Singapore.
• Officials said methaqualone valued at about Rs 40 crore was recovered during the interception at the airport.
• Sources said he was allegedly lured to travel to Cambodia and instructed to carry a trolley bag that concealed the contraband.
• Authorities are following leads to identify operatives of an alleged Nigerian drug network connected to the shipment.
• The arrest feeds into a broader investigation that earlier led to the detention of two Kollywood actors and a Madurai reserve constable over a suspected nexus involving narcotics, a job scam and land-grabbing.