Ganja smuggling: Lankan national among 6 held

RAMANATHAPURAM: Six persons, including a Sri Lankan national, were arrested at Thankatchimadam for attempting to smuggle ganja and tobacco based products in the wee hours of Monday.A police team was conducting vehicle check at Thankatchimadam check post, when they intercepted a car moving in a suspicious manner. A search of the car yielded 20 kg of ganja and gutkha and tobacco packets as well.Police also recovered Rs 1 lakh in cash from the occupants of the car.The arrested have been identified as Sundarajan (54) of Colombo, Briton (35) of Pamban and Vijin (30), Sethu (56), Nova Thomas (22) and Saravanan (18) of Tiruchy.The Thankatchimadam Police have registered a case and are carrying out investigations in this regard.