Bengal woman among 4 held for ganja peddling in Tiruchy

TIRUCHY: Tiruchy police on Saturday (August 22) arrested four persons, including a woman from West Bengal, with 3.6 kg of ganja.

The gang has been smuggling a huge quantity of ganja from Odisha and stocking it in Puducherry, from where they supplied ganja across Tamil Nadu.

Based on an input about ganja peddling across the State from Ramji Nagar in Tiruchy, SP Dongare Pravin Umesh ordered the formation of a special team.

They conducted a raid at a house in Ramji Nagar and seized 3.6 kg of ganja. The police also arrested Sangeetha (40), a resident of West Bengal, her 17-year-old son, Prabakaran (40) and Jagan (30), both from Ramji Nagar.

The subsequent investigation found that Sangeetha was smuggling a huge quantity of ganja from Odisha and stocking it in Puducherry, from where the gang has been distributing ganja across Tamil Nadu and Puducherry.

Further inquiry with Sangeetha revealed that the gang had used Tiruchy as the major transit spot for peddling ganja. Subsequently, the police seized vehicles and mobile phones used for the offence.

The police found that there were other ganja peddling cases against three persons, except Sangeetha.