Man dressed as priest held with ganja

Chennai: A 50-year-old saffron-clad man with a rudrakasha chain around the neck has been arrested on charges of ganja peddling. Police said he would wait outside different temples every day in the guise of seekings alms.Dhamu alias

Sekar

was secured by police who based on a tip-off posed as buyers and asked him for ganja near a Murugan temple on Irusappan Street in

Ice House

police station limits on Wednesday. After Dhamu took out ganja sachets from his bag, he was brought to the station for further interrogation. Police seized 2 kg ganja from him and inquiries revealed that two men named

Asai Thambi

and Raja from Theni district supplied him the narcotic. The two men were also arrested. tnn
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