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Thoothukudi Q Branch Police seized astir 1,330 kg of beedi leaves successful Veerapandiyapattiam connected Thursday, intended for smuggling to Sri Lanka.
Acting connected a extremity off, the Q Branch Police conducted a patrol astatine Veerapandiyapattinam. During the patrol, astatine astir 25 minutes past 1 a.m. connected Thursday, adjacent a timber depot, connected the way starring to seashore, the constabulary intercepted a load vehicle. Upon inspection, constabulary recovered 38 bundles of beedi leaves each weighing astir 35 kg, which had been transported for the intent of smuggling to Sri Lanka by boat.
The conveyance operator was identified arsenic Selvam, 27, from Narasanvilai adjacent Athur.
Police seized beedi leaves bundles and the conveyance and detained Selvam.
The seized goods and the operator were handed implicit to the customs department. Further investigations are on.
