One youth arrested for smuggling banned gutka in tea dust cartons
Coimbatore: Police have arrested a 21-year old youth for smuggling banned gutka packaged in a tea carton. Police who were on night patrol in Indiranagar area in Sulur spotted a van with a Karnataka registration number speeding past on the roads.
Following this, the police chased the van. The van driver and his assistant stopped the van and fled when they saw the police vehicle tailing them. Another man in the van was caught by the police. Investigation revealed that Moolaram (21) who hails from Mandovi town in Kanoor district of Rajasthan was smuggling banned gutka items hidden among the cartons of tea dust. The police seized 658 kg of banned gutka items hidden among boxes of tea dust in the van. The van was confiscated and a case has been registered against the three who had travelled in the van. Moolaram was lodged in jail.
Police have launched a man-hunt for the van driver and his assistant.