Food Cell CID sleuths have detained S. Shinoy (36) of Walayar, Palakkad, under the Goondas Act.
Detention orders were served to him at the Coimbatore Central Prison on February 9, where he is lodged after being arrested in connection with a rice smuggling case.
The police said that on January 29, 2016 during a routine vehicle check on Palakkad Main Road, they nabbed a person for inquiry.
Beneficiaries:
The person, who identified himself as S. Shinoy, had confessed to them that he collected rice in small quantities from the beneficiaries of the public distribution system in Kovaipudur, Perur, Maniakarampalayam, Ganapathy and a few other areas and then smuggled it to Kerala using his car.
Based on his confession, the police said that they had seized 29 rice bags of 50 kg each.