240 kg of ganja seized in Usilampatti, eight arrested
The Hindu
Police made the seizure during a vehicle check on Thursday night
A special team of police seized 240 kg of ganja and arrested eight persons in Usilampatti on Thursday night. Based on an intelligence input, the special team of the Madurai Superintendent of Police conducted a vehicle check near the railway gate in Usilampatti town, where they intercepted a car and two motorbikes. The police found that they were carrying different bundles of ganja, weighing in total, 240 kg.A crowd comprising farmers, researchers, professors, students, and horticulture enthusiasts thronged the ICAR-Indian Institute of Horticultural Research (IIHR), Hesaraghatta, Bengaluru, on Friday for the inaugural ceremony of the Triphal Diversity Show which showcased 300 mango, 100 jackfruit, and 100 banana genotypes in collaboration with ICAR-National Research Centre for Banana, Tiruchirappalli.
The State government on Friday constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT), headed by Additional Director-General of Police, Manish Kharbikar of the Economic Offences division of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to probe the alleged multi-crore scam in the government-run Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation.