Chennai: Food delivery agent held for smuggling ganja

CHENNAI: A 30-year-old food delivery agent was arrested for smuggling ganja under the pretext of delivering food pockets at Navalur near Kelambakkam on Friday.
The suspect Prakash Kumar Senapathi, who stayed at a house near Kanathur, travelled on a bike wearing a t-shirt of a private food delivery app.
Police accosted Senapathi at a vehicle checkpoint near Akkarai and demanded him to display his identity card.As he gave contradictory replies, police examined his bag and discovered 1.250kg of ganja.
During questioning, Senapathi told police that he procured drugs from the dealers in Andhra Pradesh and he had been distributing it to school and college students in the city.
Police arrested Senapathi and seized his bike.