Overview

• Directorate of Revenue Intelligence and Chennai Customs intercepted the 32-year-old actor on arrival from Singapore on Air India flight AI 347.
• Officials say packets of white powder were hidden in a false compartment of his trolley bag discovered during airport checks.
• Media reports differ on the contraband, with some identifying 3.5 kg of cocaine valued around Rs 35 crore and others reporting methaqualone worth about Rs 40 crore.
• Sources cited by multiple outlets allege he was lured with an all-expenses trip to Cambodia and recruited as a courier by a Nigerian syndicate.
• Authorities are widening the investigation to trace the suspected network and potential local receivers while questioning of the actor continues.