Sri Lanka, Oct. 17 -- Indian intelligence authorities have arrested four people, including a senior member of Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK), the party led by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Joseph Vijay, over an alleged plan to smuggle drugs from India to Sri Lanka by sea.

Indian media reports said approximately 100 kilograms of drugs were recovered from the suspects.

Among those arrested is 42-year-old N. Boopalan, a TVK party activist and member of the executive committee in Nagapattinam district, Tamil Nadu.

Acting on confidential information that drugs were being trafficked from Nagapattinam to Sri Lanka, Indian security personnel raided and searched the house of one suspect yesterday morning (16).

Based on information obtained during ...