1.8 kg Ganja, 19.7 kg Banned Tobacco Seized in Coimbatore Raids

Coimbatore: Coimbatore police arrested three people in separate operations across the city and seized 1.8 kg of ganja along with 19.736 kg of banned tobacco products, including gutkha and Hans.

In the first incident, Ramanathapuram police arrested two men from Assam near a public toilet in Rajiv Gandhi Nagar, Amman Kulam, for allegedly selling ganja. Police seized 1.8 kg of the substance, which had been packed into small sachets for sale. The accused, Monikumar Pathir, 22, and Gunaram Dholo, 30, were reportedly staying in the Amman Kulam area and working as daily-wage labourers. They were produced before a court and remanded to judicial custody.

In another operation, Race Course police arrested Hariharan, 26, of Sumo Garden near Avarampalayam Road, Peelamedu, for allegedly selling ganja behind the Coimbatore Government Hospital bus stop. Police seized 10 grams of ganja from him and registered a case under the relevant narcotics law.

Meanwhile, Peelamedu police seized 19.736 kg of banned tobacco products, including gutkha and Hans, from a petty shop on Ramakrishna Road in Avarampalayam. Nithish Kumar, 25, who was allegedly storing the products in concealed compartments at the shop for illegal sale, was arrested. Police registered a case against him under the relevant law governing cigarettes and tobacco products.