Police seize 4.7kg of ganja in two days

Trichy: Trichy city police seized 4.75 kg of ganja and arrested 12 people in the past two days in a latest drive against drugs. They all were booked under narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances (NDPS) Act.The Airport police raided a spot near the corporation park at RS Puram in Trichy on Monday, which revealed that the four people identified as A Arivazhagan, 20, R Joshva Rajeshkumar, 20, A Ahamed Amanullah, 20 and M Bharanikumar, 19, were in possession of 1.1 kg of ganja worth Rs 11,000. The Airport police carried out another raid in one more location in its jurisdiction near the public toilet at Anthoniyar Kovil Street around 8 pm on Monday. The police rounded up three people identified as J Simon Kishore, 21, B Mohideen Abdul Kadhar, 19 and Hussain Masthan, 20. The trio was found with 1.15 kg of ganja worth Rs 11,500.On the same day, the Fort police seized 1.25 kg ganja worth Rs 12,500 from four people – D Rajasekar, 51, N Veerasamy, 45, S Karthikeyan, 46, and P KarthiJothi, 28, near Chathiram bus stand. The police also seized the online lottery ticket numbers from them. They were also booked under lottery regulation Act.On Tuesday morning, the Thillai Nagar police raided a place near Kuppankulam railway gate and arrested S Selvam, 44 and seized 1.25 kg of ganja worth Rs 15,000 from him.