Coimbatore: Police on Tuesday seized 2,610kg banned tobacco products from Annur and Somanur, and arrested four men in connection with the case.
Acting on a tip-off, the Annur police raided a warehouse on Sathi Road and seized 910kg banned tobacco products worth Rs 4 lakh from D Immanuvel, 53, of Annur. Police also arrested V Boopalan, 52, of Annur, the owner of the warehouse. Inquiry revealed that they had sourced the contraband from Thanaram of Somanur.
Subsequently, the police team, along with Karumathampatti police personnel, raided a rented building at Somanur and seized 1,700kg of banned tobacco products worth Rs 7 lakh from P Thanaram, 20, a native of Rajasthan. Police seized Rs 68,050 from the house and also arrested K Nandha Kumar, 46, of Somanur, who owns the building.
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COIMBATORE: The Coimbatore rural police on Tuesday seized 2,610 kg of banned tobacco products and arrested four men.
Based on a tipoff, the Annur police raided a warehouse. They seized around 910 kg of the banned tobacco products worth Rs 4 lakh from the warehouse on the Annur - Sathi Main Road and nabbed D Immanuvel, 53, who had taken the premises on rent. The police also arrested warehouse owner V Boopalan, 52, for allowing illegal activities on the premises.
During the investigation, it was revealed that the banned items had been procured from Thanaram of Somanur in the district.
The team along with Karumathampatti police raided a rented building at Somanur around 5pm on Tuesday and seized 1700 kg of the banned tobacco products worth Rs 7 lakh. They nabbed P Thanaram, 20, of Rajasthan. The police also seized Rs 68,050 from the house.