Four-member team held for smuggling ganja to Gulf

Irinjalakkuda: Irinjalakkuda police on Sunday held a four-member team which used to smuggle ganja via people who return to Gulf after vacation under the pretext of ayurvedic medicines. 

The arrested are Shameer, 29, from Karuvanoor, Sasi, 44, from Cheloor, Raju, 35 from Nadavarampa and Vipin, 21 from Karivanoor. They were held on the basis of a tip off received by the Thrissur rural police chief PH Ashraf. The team was led by Irinjalakkuda SI T Mepulli. 

Shameer is the king pin and those who carry the smuggled stuff reach Gulf, Shameer's relative collects the materiel from them. The people who take the smuggled goods have no knowledge about this. They used to transfer mostly to Dubai. 

The team held them near an oil mill close to the Christ college and seized 1.75 kgs of ganja. Team member Vipin, Raju and Sasi used to bring ganja from Tamil Nadu and Andhra. When a kg of ganja reaches Gulf, they get lakhs from agents. In Gulf countries such offence calls for death sentence.