A flying squad team from the Civil Supplies Department headed by Special Tahsildar M. Ignatius Xavier seized one tonne of rice meant for PDS in two different places at Enayam in the early hours on Sunday.
Mr. Ignatius Xavier told The Hindu that on the basis of specific information, the flying squad team consisting of Deputy Tahsildar Babu Ramesh searched the backyard of a dilapidated building on the seashore and found 600 kg of PDS rice packed in 18 bags and found 400 kg of PDS rice packed in 12 bags underneath a fish net in the village.
The seized rice would be handed over to the TNCSC godown in Kappukkadu on Monday.
As fishermen started fishing after the ban period of 45 days, the flying squad team would enhance its vigil in the seashore and on the State border to prevent smuggling of essentials supplied through PDS and white kerosene supplied to fishermen at subsidised rate, Mr. Xavier said.
