COIMBATORE: The Ramanathapuram police on Tuesday night seized 3,800kg ration rice from a warehouse, which was to be smuggled to Kerala.
Police had raided the warehouse on Nethaji Nagar at Ramanathapuram after receiving a tip-off. “We found 76 sacks of ration rice and detained Sahul Hameed. Inquiry revealed that Hameed, along with Jafer, was planning to smuggle the rice to Kerala,” a police officer said.
The accused and the seized rice were handed over to the food cell police.
Ten days ago, flying squad of the civil supplies and consumer protection department, food cell police and forest department had arrested three people for attempting to smuggle 500kg ration rice from the district to Kerala near Anaikatti check post.