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3 get 10 years jail for possessing ganja

Madurai: The Madurai district and sessions court on Thursday convicted and sentenced three people to undergo 10 year imprisonment for possessing 150kg ganja.

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According to sources, the officials from the Narcotics Control Bureau received a tip-off about ganja being smuggled in a car from Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh to Madurai district. During the search based on the tip-off near Mattuthavani, the officials found 150kg of ganja inside a car on June 23, 2017. The officials arrested three people - K Paraman, 40, M Pandian, 29, and Shaik Alauddin, 30 and were booked under sections of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act.

On Thursday, judge V Padmanabhan convicted and sentenced the trio to undergo rigorous imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs 1lakh each. TNN


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