Duo held for selling ganja

Coimbatore: The city police arrested two people on Saturday for selling beeda containing ganja at a petty shop on Raja Street here. Police seized 300g ganja from the duo.
The arrested people were identified as P Nemaram, 51, of Kovilpalayam in Coimbatore and M Murugan, 58, of Thevaram in Theni district. “Nemaram owns the shop and Murugan supplied the contraband.RS Puram range assistant commissioner Manikandan had sent a special team led by sub-inspector Marimuthu to raid shop on Friday after receiving a tip-off. Preliminary inquiry revealed that Nemaram used to sell a beeda containing ganja to his regular customers for Rs 1,000,” a police officer said.
The special team handed over the duo to Big Bazaar police inspector Shanthi, who registered a case and arrested them on Friday evening.TNN