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.

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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