Dharmapuri: A car was parked on the side of a tree in the Ponneri area of the Krishnagiri National Highway near Kariamangalam, Dharmapuri district yesterday. The residents of the area informed the highway patrol police about this. The police went to the spot and searched the car. It turned out that there were bundles and bundles of gutka in it. They informed the Kariamangalam police about this.
On that the Police Inspector Mr. Venkatraman and the police personal rushed and checked the bundles. 750 kg of banned Gutka was smuggled from Bengaluru to Salem. It was also found that the driver fled from the spot. Subsequently, the police seized the Gutka and the car. The police are actively investigating the absconding driver and the Gutka smuggler.