2 Held for smuggling sandal wood
The Pollachi police on Wednesday night intercepted a car, arrested two persons transporting 100 kg of sandalwood in four gunny bags and seized Rs.40,000 found in one of the bags.
Inquiries revealed that the sandalwood was purchased from a person at Manupatti in Udumalpet and was being taken to a consignee in Namakkal district.The arrested were identified as Ramraj (34) of Udumalpet and Ramar (38) of Dharmapuri.
The car belonged to another person in Palladam area.
