Four arrested for possessing banned lottery tickets

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Press Trust of India Coimbatore
Last Updated : Feb 10 2015 | 3:35 PM IST
Four persons were arrested for possessing banned lottery tickets for selling and seized over 500 tickets and Rs 42,000 from them today, police said.
Based on a tip off, police rushed to Periyanaickenpalayam, on the city outskirts, and nabbed two persons moving in suspicious manner. On search, police found 183 tickets of various states and also recovered from them Rs 20,114, police said.
Similarly, two persons were taken into custody while indulging in selling the tickets at a some distance and recovered 316 tickets and Rs 22,216 from them.
All the four were produced before a court and lodged in the Central jail here, police said.
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First Published: Feb 10 2015 | 3:35 PM IST

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