Chennai: Seven students were arrested in Chennai for running a methamphetamine laboratory (meth lab) inside a rented home. It is reported that, in an attempt to make quick money and become millionaires, they decided to produce and sell drugs themselves and rented a house in Kodungaiyur. These students became involved in criminal activities as a result of their addiction to drugs. They researched how to make drugs online and bought the required raw materials from shops in Broadway and Sowcarpet in Chennai.
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The city's Anti-Drug Intelligence Unit raided the meth lab and seized 250 grams of meth, two mobile phones, a chemical weighing machine, laboratory equipment, jars, test tubes, pipettes, burettes, raw chemicals stored in glass jars, and other apparatus.
The arrested individuals were identified as Praveen Pranav (21), Kishore (21), Naveen (21), Dhanush (23), Gnana Pandian (22), Fleming Francis, and Arun Kumar. Praveen, Kishore, and Naveen are engineering graduates, Dhanush is an MCA student, and Gnana Pandian is an MSc student. The police arrested them, produced them before the court, and later sent them to jail. Investigations are ongoing to determine if anyone else is linked to the operation.
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A tech professional recently encountered this issue while visiting a well-known diagnostic centre for a full-body check-up. After paying in advance for her health package, which included a standard pap smear, she was turned away simply because she was unmarried, as reported by Times of India.