Tirupur: City police commissioner Praveen Kumar Abhinapu on Saturday appreciated Tirupur central police station inspector K Jamuna and her team for se.
COIMBATORE: Narcotics control bureau-CID arrested two people for smuggling 48kg of ganja on Monday.
NIB-CID deputy superintendent H Manoharan and team had intercepted a car on Palladam – Tirupur Road on Monday around 9am after receiving a tip-off. They found bundles of ganja worth Rs 4.8 lakh and arrested S Alex, 33, of Annamalai Garden on Mangalam Road in Eduvai in Tirupur district and K Selvam, 41, of Devaram in Theni district.
“Alex and Selvam are facing ganja cases in Theni, Tirupur and other districts. They bought the contraband from Visakhapatnam and smuggled it to Theni a week ago. They were planning to distribute it among sellers in Tirupur city,” a police officer said.
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On the wrong side of the law: As many as 18 motorcycles were seized from people who were roaming without any reason
COIMBATORE: As many as 2,400 vehicle users were booked for traffic rule violations in the city on Saturday.
Deputy commissioner of police R Mutharasu said 190 traffic cops were deployed in the city between 6am and 10pm. “Traffic police registered 2,400 cases for not wearing helmets and not possessing valid documents. Most of the motorists were booked under Section 179 (disobedience of orders, obstruction and refusal of information) of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988. As many as 18 motorcycles were seized from people who were roaming without any reason,” he said.