Four held with 9kg ganja; 1 peddler on run

Coimbatore: Four men have been arrested with nearly 9kg marijuana (ganja) for sales in two separate incidents that were reported near Cheranma Nagar and on Saravanampatti-Thudiyalur road.
In one of the incidents, two men were arrested for possession of 3kg and 750g of marijuana (ganja) for sales at Teachers Colony Phase-II near Cheranma Nagar on Friday. An official source said Peelamedu (law & order) police sub-inspector Rajkumar and team were on rounds on Friday when they found R Manikandan alias Poosari Mani, 23, of Sowripalayam and G Balamurali Krishnan, 25, of Masakkalipalayam with ganja. They arrested the two and seized the contraband. The accused have been remanded in judicial custody.
In another incident, the Saravanampatti police arrested 23-year-old P Arjun, of Boyar Street at Singanallur, and 25-year-old R Karthik, of Uppilipalayam, for possession of 5kg ganja for sales near a private engineering college on Saravanampatti-Thudiyalur road on Friday. An official source said the two were nabbed by Saravanampatti police sub-inspector K Chellamani and team, who were on the rounds. “They have been remanded in judicial custody. One more ganja peddler – Poovendran, a resident of Selvapuram - is on the run and we are trying to trace his whereabouts,” the source said.