COIMBATORE: Acting on a tip-off received by the city police commissioner K. Periaiah, the R S Puram police on Thursday night busted a four-member gang of alleged ganja-peddlers.
Police said that recently five private college students in the city were arrested for ganja peddling. After getting vital information from them, city police commissioner K.Periaiah formed a special team comprising sub-inspectors Shastha Somasekaran, Ghanasekaran and Jothi to nab the wholesale ganja dealers in the city.
The special team checked vehicles near Seeranaickenpalayam on Thursday evening and found a car with 216 kg of ganja packed in 108 bundles. Police arrested the four persons in the car and seized the ‘ganja’ consignment along with the car used for smuggling.
The offenders were identified as Dharma alias Dharmar, 50, his younger brother Irulandi, 43, from Muthalamparai in Theni, Pandeeswaran, 23, and Sathishkumar, 33, from Andipatti in Theni. During investigations they reportedly confessed to the crime and said that they were hired by one Kumar, a wholesale ganja dealer residing near Malumachampatty.
