COIMBATORE: The town police are baffled on the alarming quantity of ganja seized in Coimbatore since January. The police, at various cases, have seized more than 500kg of the narcotic from a couple of gangs in the last four months.
This is a lot more than what used to be seized up to now years. Police say that there used to be a surge in ganja being smuggled into Coimbatore district. Besides, police say that new gangs have entered into ganja industry. Even other folks with none felony background have entered the industry lured by means of dependancy to ganja and the cash it fetches. “Our special crew has been running round-theclock to forestall motion of contraband pieces in the town. We have seized more than 500kg of ganja in the last four and a part months and arrested more than 50 other folks. We have detained about 23 other folks underneath Goondas Act for repeated offence,” mentioned Ok Periaiah, commissioner of police, Coimbatore town.
Deputy commissioner of police (law & order) S Lakshmi mentioned ganja dealers purchase the contraband from wholesalers in Andhra Pradesh. They continuously discuss with Andhra Pradesh to buy the contraband. “Recently we have arrested six students of two non-public schools in the town for selling ganja to different students. If we did not arrest them, they might damage lifetime of many students by means of making them addicts. Ganja impacts the fearful device and students will have to inform the police whenever they see any person selling the stuff within campuses,” mentioned Lakshmi.
A private school pupil, who is the usage of ganja for the past few years, informed TOI that many students residing in condo rooms near their schools, had been easily targeted by means of the ganja dealers. A group of scholars from Kerala continuously introduced ganja to their rooms and it is not simple to regulate the industry as there are more than 50 ganja dealers functioning in Coimbatore town alone, he mentioned.
Another pupil mentioned that he gets the contraband from his buddies and spends round ₹1,000 to buy ganja every month. He learnt the dependancy from his buddies. He additionally mentioned that he continuously drives his bike whilst intoxicated. “I take advantage of the drug as soon as a week. My buddies easily cource the contraband from small-scale ganja dealers and it is to be had whenever we want it,” mentioned the coed.
The town police have formed a special crew led by means of sub-inspector Kandasamy to curb the movements of ganja. The special crew informed TOI that ganja dealers have shut contacts with wholesalers at Padagiri hills in Andhra Pradesh.
The special crew has seized 220 kg of ganja. They additionally seized a jeep and arrested two other folks on May 12.
On March 1, RS Puram police arrested four other folks and seized 230kg of ganja. They smuggled the contraband from Chintapalli in Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh. Police additionally seized a car from them.
This is a lot more than what used to be seized up to now years. Police say that there used to be a surge in ganja being smuggled into Coimbatore district. Besides, police say that new gangs have entered into ganja industry. Even other folks with none felony background have entered the industry lured by means of dependancy to ganja and the cash it fetches. “Our special crew has been running round-theclock to forestall motion of contraband pieces in the town. We have seized more than 500kg of ganja in the last four and a part months and arrested more than 50 other folks. We have detained about 23 other folks underneath Goondas Act for repeated offence,” mentioned Ok Periaiah, commissioner of police, Coimbatore town.
Deputy commissioner of police (law & order) S Lakshmi mentioned ganja dealers purchase the contraband from wholesalers in Andhra Pradesh. They continuously discuss with Andhra Pradesh to buy the contraband. “Recently we have arrested six students of two non-public schools in the town for selling ganja to different students. If we did not arrest them, they might damage lifetime of many students by means of making them addicts. Ganja impacts the fearful device and students will have to inform the police whenever they see any person selling the stuff within campuses,” mentioned Lakshmi.
A private school pupil, who is the usage of ganja for the past few years, informed TOI that many students residing in condo rooms near their schools, had been easily targeted by means of the ganja dealers. A group of scholars from Kerala continuously introduced ganja to their rooms and it is not simple to regulate the industry as there are more than 50 ganja dealers functioning in Coimbatore town alone, he mentioned.
Another pupil mentioned that he gets the contraband from his buddies and spends round ₹1,000 to buy ganja every month. He learnt the dependancy from his buddies. He additionally mentioned that he continuously drives his bike whilst intoxicated. “I take advantage of the drug as soon as a week. My buddies easily cource the contraband from small-scale ganja dealers and it is to be had whenever we want it,” mentioned the coed.
The town police have formed a special crew led by means of sub-inspector Kandasamy to curb the movements of ganja. The special crew informed TOI that ganja dealers have shut contacts with wholesalers at Padagiri hills in Andhra Pradesh.
The special crew has seized 220 kg of ganja. They additionally seized a jeep and arrested two other folks on May 12.
On March 1, RS Puram police arrested four other folks and seized 230kg of ganja. They smuggled the contraband from Chintapalli in Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh. Police additionally seized a car from them.
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