15kg ganja seized, four men arrested

Coimbatore: Police seized 15 kilogram of ganja from a car in Tirupur on Tuesday and arrested four people in connection with the incident.

They were identified as K Saravanan, 40, of Ramanathapuram, V Chelladurai, 34, of Oddanchatram, M Harish, 34, of Samundipuram in Tirupur and R Raghu, 30, of Gandhi Nagar in Tirupur.

Anupparpalayam inspector P N Rajan and team had seized the contraband from a car on Velampalayam Road and detained Saravanan and Chelladurai, who were in the vehicle, for inquiry. Preliminary investigation revealed that the accused were smuggling ganja from Andhra Pradesh via Avinashi and were on the way to sell it in Oddanchatram and Ramanathapuram. They confessed to the involvement of Harish and Raghu. They were booked under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985.TNN