NE NEWS SERVICE
RAMESWARAM, MAY 22
In a major haul, cocaine and heroin meant to be smuggled to Sri Lanka were seized and nine people arrested in this connection in Thiruvaadanai in Ramanathapuram district, police said on Friday.
சர்வதேச போதைப் பொருள் கடத்தல் கும்பல் கைது
இராமநாதபுரம் மாவட்ட SP Dr.V.வருண்குமார், IPS, அவர்களின் பிரத்யேக கைபேசி எண்ணிற்கு 9489919722 வந்த தகவலின்பேரில் போலீசார் அதிரடி நடவடிக்கை.
பல கோடி ரூபாய் மதிப்புள்ள போதைப்பொருள்கள் பறிமுதல்.@VarunKumarIPSTN @Dhebakar1 #szsocialmedia pic.twitter.com/AmcWyoDVD0
— Ramanathapuram District Police (@RmdDistPolice) May 21, 2020
Seven out of the nine arrested were from a northern state. Cocaine and heroin weighing 3 kg and 5 kg respectively were recovered by a team led by Superintendent of Police Varun Kumar, which intercepted an autorickshaw during a routine patrol on the east coast road on Thursday.
During interrogation, the accused revealed that the drugs were meant to be smuggled to the island nation in a country boat. One tonne red sanders, some cell phones and cash to the tune of over Rs 2 lakhs was also confiscated, they said. The drugs were estimated to be between Rs 5 and Rs 7 crore in the international market, police sources said.
