YouTuber Arrested For Allegedly Supplying Snake Venom As Party Drug

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Kids will get high on anything nowadays. According to reports, Indian YouTuber Elvish Yadav, a YouTube influencer with 15 million followers, was detained under the Wildlife Act. Apparently back in November, a party he was at was raided on the suspicion that snake venom was being used as a drug by party goers. Police launched an investigation and questioned five people on suspicion of snake smuggling. Those people named Elvish as the organizer of the parties and snake venom supply. Evish denied all the charges, and said he's cooperate with the authorities. Nine snakes including cobras, were recovered from the party along with 20 ml of venom. He has now been remanded to 14 days of judicial custody, four months after being questioned. All this came out because Elvish and others were shooting videos with snakes and snake venom.


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