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A 32-year-old lorry operator and his accomplice were arrested by Paradarami constabulary astatine a cheque station on the Tamil Nadu-Andhra Pradesh borderline adjacent Gudiyatham municipality successful Vellore connected Thursday for smuggling 40 kgs of ganja.
Police said the arrested persons were identified arsenic lorry operator S. Babu, 32, and his accomplice M. Rajkumar, 25. Both of them are residents of Madurai.
Superintendent of Police A. Mayilvaganan had formed peculiar teams to forestall smuggling and merchantability of ganja successful the district. An archetypal enquiry revealed that, during a conveyance cheque connected the borderline village, the peculiar constabulary squad stopped a lorry coming from Chittoor territory successful Andhra Pradesh, and seized bundles of ganja that were wrapped successful integrative sheets. The contraband was concealed nether the driver’s seat.
During interrogation, the fishy told constabulary that they were smuggling ganja to Tier-II cities similar Coimbatore, Tiruchi and Madurai. Subsequently, the duo was arrested and a lawsuit was registered. Further probe is nether way.
