Eight held for drug peddling

18 kg of ganga seized from a house

February 25, 2021 01:10 am | Updated 01:10 am IST - CHENNAI

Eight persons, including the son of a sub-inspector, were arrested on Wednesday for possessing ganja in the Maduravoyal police station limits. The police recovered 18 kg of ganja from a house at Puliambedu.

On receiving information by the office of the Deputy Commissioner of Police, Ambattur, about drug peddling, a special team was constituted to trace the culprits and a house at Puliambedu near Nerkundram was raided.

The house was taken on rent by Hari of Chidambaram a few months ago.

On searching the house, the police found 18 kg of ganja. Eight persons staying in the house were arrested.

The police said the gang used the house as a transit point for distribution of contraband to various places in the State after getting it into the city from Andhra Pradesh.

The names of the arrested were given as S. Jayasurya, 24, his brother Sanjay, 20, of Papanasam, and Seran, 22, from Thanjavur district; K. Srinath, 21, of Madurai; S. Ranjithkumar, 19, of Chidambaram; K. Prasanth, 19, of Vandalur; M. Sarathkumar, 27, of Tiruvarur; and A. Arun, 20, of Avadi, the son of an SI.

All of them were remanded in judicial custody after being produced before a court.

0 / 0
Sign in to unlock member-only benefits!
  • Access 10 free stories every month
  • Save stories to read later
  • Access to comment on every story
  • Sign-up/manage your newsletter subscriptions with a single click
  • Get notified by email for early access to discounts & offers on our products
Sign in

Comments

Comments have to be in English, and in full sentences. They cannot be abusive or personal. Please abide by our community guidelines for posting your comments.

We have migrated to a new commenting platform. If you are already a registered user of The Hindu and logged in, you may continue to engage with our articles. If you do not have an account please register and login to post comments. Users can access their older comments by logging into their accounts on Vuukle.