7-member gang of robbers arrested

Coimbatore: The district police on Tuesday night thwarted plans by a seven-member gang to commit robberies in

Karamadai

.Police had received information about the gang roaming in

Kannarpalayam

, Karamadai, in suspicious circumstances. When a police team led by Karamadai inspector Kumar reached the spot, the gang members tried to escape. However, cops arrested them and recovered three knives and four wooden logs from them.Police identified them as A Sebastian, 21, of Karamadai,

R Muthukumar

, 22, and M Sarathkumar, 21, of

Perambalur

district, R Praveen, 21, of the Nilgiris, S Akilesh, 21 and M Thoufiq, 21, of

Mettupalayam

, and R Pradeep, 23, of Gudalur in the Nilgiris.“Some of them are college students addicted to ganja,” a police officer said.