Actress Anju Krishna arrested in drug case; Police seize meth and ganja; Eight people taken into custody

A big incident took place in Valasaravakkam when the Anti-Narcotics Intelligence Unit South team arrested eight people on Thursday. Among them were actress Anju Krishna and assistant director Vincy Nivetha.Reports from TOI City say that the police reported that they found methamphetamine and ganja with the group. This happened after the team received a tip off and started checking the area. The police acted very fast and caught everyone who was involved. All of them were taken into custody and sent for further legal steps.According to the sources the police said inspector Johnny Chellappa from the ANIU South team first caught a man named Vigneshwaran who is 33 years old and from Nesapakkam. When they questioned him he told them that he got the drugs from a man called Venkatesh Kumar who is 31 years old and lives in Kovur near Porur. After this the police made a plan. They sent a decoy customer to meet Venkatesh Kumar. When his car came near a landmark in Valasaravakkam the police stopped the car and checked it. Then they arrested him along with the others inside or around the car. The police checked the car and the people with him and found different things. Reports say that they seized six grams of methamphetamine, seven grams of OG ganja, fifteen grams of ganja, a smoking bong, a stamp, and nine mobile phones.After this they handed over all the seized items and the arrested people to the Valasaravakkam police. The next step was to produce them before a magistrate court. The court then sent everyone to judicial custody. This means they will stay in custody while the police continue their investigation.Another person arrested was Vincy Nivetha who works as an assistant director in the Tamil film industry. Police said she was also with the group at the time of the arrest. For now, all eight remain in judicial custody as the investigation moves forward.Many people may not know actress Anju Krishna, but she has acted in the Tamil movie 'Vellimalai', which was directed by Om Vijay. She has also done several Malayalam films. Some of the movies include 'Aaro' and 'Akasham Kadann'.In the movie 'Aaro' director Kareem and writers Kareem and Rasheed Parakkal worked on the film and Joju George played the lead role. Anju had an important role in that movie.