Police man booked for smuggling banned tobacco goods near Rajapalyam
A Tamil Nadu Special Police officer is being sought by authorities for allegedly supplying banned tobacco products to two men in Rajapalayam. The two accomplices were arrested after being caught transporting the contraband on a two-wheeler.
Why it matters
This incident underscores issues of corruption and criminal involvement within law enforcement agencies.
A policeman, attached to Tamil Nadu Special Police in Chennai, has been booked in connection with smuggling of banned tobacco goods by Alangulam police station near Rajapalayam on Saturday.
A team of police, led by Alangulam Sub-Inspector of Police C. Anandakumar, intercepted a two-wheeler near Jakkammalpuram.
Two persons, identified as V. Krishnamoorthi, 28, and P. Jeyakumar, 28, of Jakkammalpuram, were seen transporting a bag. Upon interrogation, the police found that they were illegally smuggling 80 pouches of two different brands of banned tobacco products.
During interrogation, the two persons had said that one Havildar in Chennai was supplying the contraband.
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