This Article is From Mar 01, 2014

Two arrested for trying to smuggle drugs out of Tamil Nadu

Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu: Two persons have been arrested near Keelakarai for allegedly trying to smuggle 'charas' worth Rs 5 lakh from Rameswaram in Tamil Nadu to Sri Lanka.

The contraband was seized after the state's 'Q' branch police stopped the two persons riding a motorcycle with a 'suspicious' luggage, Kennady, 'Q' branch inspector said.

Interrogations revealed that they planned to smuggle the narcotics to Sri Lanka, he said, adding, they were remanded to custody today.

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