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Coimbatore: The rural police arrested three people, including a TNSTC bus conductor, for attempting to smuggle 4.5 tonnes of ration rice to Kerala on Thursday.
A team led by Anaimalai police special sub-inspector Murugavel rushed to Periyapallivasal after receiving a tip-off. They found A Rafiq, 39, of Gandhi Nagar Street in Anaimalai, M Mohammed Rafiq, 29, of Kannappan Nagar in Pollachi and K Habibullah, 44, of Anaimalai, a bus conductor attached to the Ukkadam bus stand, loading rice bags into a truck around 2.30am. The team arrested the trio and seized the rice, truck, a motorcycle and two mopeds.TNN
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