1.2kg ganja seized from peddler

Coimbatore: The city police seized 1.2kg ganja from a peddler on Narayanasamy Street at Rathinapuri on Friday.
The arrested person was identified as N Arumugam, 35, of Pathi Goundar Thottam at Gangai Nagar near Ganapathy.
After receiving a tip-off about ganja sales near a crematorium on Narayanasamy Street, Rathinapuri sub-inspector T Ramesh and team rushed to the spot and caught Arumugam with the contraband.
Arumugam told police that he had bought ganja from Neikkaranpatti village in Palani in Dindigul district. “He was selling ganja to labourers at Sivananda Colony, Puthupalam, Kannappa Nagar and Thillai Nagar. He also sold it to college students,” a police officer said.
Arumugam was booked under Section 8 (c), 20 (b) (ii) (B) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 and was remanded in judicial custody.