Auto drivers delivering ganja at doorstep nabbed in Pallavaram

“The accused, Lawrence (30) and Karthik (25) of Old Pallavaram, stored the college students’ number in their phone. If the students send a message ‘Auto needed for pick up’, the duo would go near the respective college and supply ganja to them,” police said.

When they came to know about the duo’s modus operandi, the Pallavaram police decided to lay a trap to nab them. However, the men used to ignore messages received from phone numbers that were not known to them, said police. So the officials sent a message through a college student, who had already purchased ganja from them.

The duo was nabbed when they came to hand over ganja thinking that it was a student who placed the order on phone. They were remanded in judicial custody.

City police continued the crackdown against ganja peddlers over the weekend and arrested seven persons, including a transperson.

The North Beach police secured a five-member gang on Saturday night from Mookar Nallamuthu Street based on a specific tip off, and seized 1.2 kg ganja from them. They were identified as A Mahesh (46) of Kasimedu, A Mohammed Aslam (21) of Tondiarpet, and A Deepa alias Arunachalam (23), a transperson, and S Prabakar (21) of Parry’s Corner.

Similarly, the Fort police arrested two persons and seized 500 grams of ganja from them. The accused, S Manikandan (24) of Kannagi Nagar and R Selva (24) of Nochikuppam, were secured from Annai Sathya Nagar bus stop.

All seven persons were remanded in judicial custody.

Meanwhile, 238 kg of banned tobacco products were seized from three persons in different parts of the city. The KK Nagar police arrested N Samsudhin (48) and seized 38 kg of banned tobacco products from him. Similarly, the RK Nagar police arrested S Harichandran (34) of Tondiarpet and G Manohar (52) of Tondiarpet in possession of 200 kg of pan masala. A two-wheeler was also seized from the two, who were remanded in judicial custody.