MUMBAI: The Sivaganga police on Sunday night arrested four persons at Tirumayam and seized 50 kg of ‘ganja’ worth about Rs. 5 lakh.
Acting on a tip-off about the smuggling of the narcotic substance, a team led by Lakshmi, Inspector of Police, intercepted a vehicle near the fort in Tirumayam on the Pudukottai – Sivaganga highway and arrested P. Ayyappan (35) of Madurai, N. Kaviyarasan (25) of Ramnathapuram, P. Duraimurugan (27) of Ramanathapuram and M. Maragadavel (30) of Madurai. A case under Section 8 (c) read with 20 (b) (ii) (c) and Sec. 29 (i) and Sec. 25 of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act.
They were all produced before the Judicial Magistrate in Tirumayam who remanded them to 15 days’ judicial custody.
