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Three persons were arrested by Tiruvannamalai Taluk constabulary connected Vengaikaal - Kottapalayam Main Road astatine Vengaikaal colony adjacent the Collectorate bureau successful Tiruvannamalai municipality for possession of 54 grams of Methylphenidate successful pulverization form.
Police said that the arrested persons were identified arsenic T. Satish Karthi, 25, a B.Tech graduate, M. Balaji, 24, a cab driver, and R. Gowtham, 25, unemployed. Except Gowtham, a autochthonal of Bengaluru, the different 2 persons are from Vengaikaal colony successful Tiruvannamalai town.
Initial enquiry revealed that based connected a tip-off, the Superintendent of Police (SP) M. Sudhakar, has formed peculiar teams to behaviour astonishment conveyance checks connected Vengaikaal - Kottapalayam Main Road.
Police said it was astir 11 a.m erstwhile a constabulary squad stopped the trio successful a sedan connected the stretch.
Police searched them and recovered a pulverization signifier of the psychotropic cause successful 2 packets from Balaji. The pack told constabulary that they brought those from cause peddlers successful Bengaluru and had returned to the temple municipality to merchantability them successful retail.
Police seized the cause and car. A lawsuit was registered. The trio were lodged astatine Central Prison successful Vellore. A probe is nether way.
