When the police were checking vehicles in Madhavaram, a truck driver and his helper gave incoherent answers to queries over the cargo that was being ferried.
Though they claimed that a consignment of fruits was being carried, 138 kg of ganja was found concealed in the truck which was seized and the two men arrested.
Based on the information given by them, one more person with eight kg of ganja was arrested and his two-wheeler seized. Also, 20 kg of ganja was confiscated from a jeep hidden in a hideout.
After preliminary investigations, police said they found that the consignment of contraband was bound for Kerala en route Theni and that a person based in Cumbum town was the brain behind the inter-state smuggling.
Police is on the lookout for the kingpin in the smuggling.
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