<![CDATA[An auto rickshaw driver was arrested by the Saibaba Colony police on Saturday for transporting of banned tobacco products weighing 200 kg in his vehicle. The tobacco products were found in 10 boxes of 20 kg each in the auto rickshaw. The police said that the vehicle was checked on Krishna Road near Saibaba Colony when the man named Nithyananthan aged 30 was transporting the banned items from Maniyakkaranpalayam to Ukkadam. The police are in search of a person named Amalraj who allegedly sourced the tobacco products from Karnataka for sale in retail stores in Coimbatore. The Coimbatore City Police arrested two persons who attempted to smuggle 10kg ganja to Kerala on Saturday. During a vehicle check the Kuniyamuthur police arrested David Kumar (32) from Coonoor and V. Senthilkumar (42) from Veerakeralam at Sugunapuram on Saturday evening. The exercise was taken by the police based on a specific information that ganja was being smuggled from Palani to Kerala. The police have apprehended the two accused and also seized the car used for smuggling ganja. The accused are being interrogated for further details, such as intended buyer and source of the narcotics. They will be produced before the magistrate on Sunday. arrested , an ,]]>
