The police on Wednesday arrested four people, including a woman and a juvenile, in two cases of ganja peddling.
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Chennai:
The Adambakkam police got information that ganja was being stored in and supplied from a house in Adambakkam.
The police posted watch-out units and the house was under the scanner. After they got ‘credible’ information that the house was a ganja ‘collection and distribution’ point, the police concluded the stakeout and surrounded the house on Wednesday night.
A team entered the house and arrested Pushpavalli, her son and a juvenile. The police recovered 30 packets of ganja, a total of 2 kg. They also recovered Rs 30,000, knives, and 13 smartphones.
Inquiries revealed that Pushpavalli and her son used to supply ganja. They also deployed miscreants for chain-snatching and robberies, the police said. Both of them were produced before a magistrate and remanded in judicial custody.
In another incident, the Chengalpattu taluk police got a tip-off that ganja was being supplied from a house in Amanampakkam village. The police on Wednesday checked the house and found 3 kg ganja. The police said Vincent and his wife Jamuna (40) sold ganja. Jamuna could not be arrested, sources said. They used to procure ganja from Andhra Pradesh, officers said.
The arrested were identified as P Pushpavalli (39), her son P Paul and a 14-year-old boy from Ambedkar Nagar in Adambakkam in the city. The fourth in custody is J Vincent (48), from Amanampakkam in Chengalpattu, Kancheepuram district.
The Adambakkam police got information that ganja was being stored in and supplied from a house in Adambakkam.
The police posted watch-out units and the house was under the scanner. After they got ‘credible’ information that the house was a ganja ‘collection and distribution’ point, the police concluded the stakeout and surrounded the house on Wednesday night.
A team entered the house and arrested Pushpavalli, her son and a juvenile. The police recovered 30 packets of ganja, a total of 2 kg. They also recovered Rs 30,000, knives, and 13 smartphones.
Inquiries revealed that Pushpavalli and her son used to supply ganja. They also deployed miscreants for chain-snatching and robberies, the police said. Both of them were produced before a magistrate and remanded in judicial custody.
In another incident, the Chengalpattu taluk police got a tip-off that ganja was being supplied from a house in Amanampakkam village. The police on Wednesday checked the house and found 3 kg ganja. The police said Vincent and his wife Jamuna (40) sold ganja. Jamuna could not be arrested, sources said. They used to procure ganja from Andhra Pradesh, officers said.