TIRUCHIRAPALLI: The excise officials on Sunday arrested two elderly women for trying to smuggle 20 kg of ganja to Tamil Nadu.
The two sisters — Bilkees Abbas (61) and her sister Raziya (70), hailing from Tiruchirapalli, were arrested at Renigunta bypass road and the contraband was seized from their possession. They had alighted from the Tirumala Express at Renigunta station after procuring the ganja from Vizag, squad Inspector Murali Mohan and Sub-Inspector M. Ravikumar said.
During interrogation, the two admitted to making weekly visits to Vizag to procure the contraband. They also revealed about middlemen in the vegetable market close to the railway station, who buy the stock at the rate of Rs.1,000 per kg, and later sell it for a higher price in the market.
