Rice smuggling: Two arrested; Seizure of trucks

by time news

Devakottai: District Civil Food Substance Prevention SI. Muthukrishnarajah Tondi was involved in a vehicle check near Muppaiyur exemption on Madurai Road. A search of two vans that came through then revealed the smuggling of ration rice.

The investigation revealed that Kurunathan 38., Ashoknathar 29., belonged to A. Punavasal village of Kataladi taluka. It came to light when the two came to buy rice from the Thiruvananthapuram area. Following this, S.I. Muthukrishna Raja arrested the two and seized 3,000 kg of ration rice in 66 bags from both of them and handed it over to the Sivagangai Civil Supply Godown.

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