The district administration has ordered the detention of Raja of Periyakuchipalayam in Villupuram district under the Tamil Nadu Prevention of Black Marketing and Maintenance of Essential Commodities Act 1982. Police sources said a Civil Supplies CID team raided the residence of Raja who was running a rice mill on lease in Periyakuchipalayam when they found 40 bags of ration rice, each containing 25 kg stocked inside the house. Police seized the entire stock of PDS rice and arrested Raja. He was remanded to custody in the Cuddalore Central Prison. — Staff Reporter