Pakistani held in TN for peddling drugs
Sunday - July 23, 2017 8:08 pm ,
Category : INDIA
Chennai July 23 (IANS) A Pakistani national who had entered India illegally and was peddling drugs has been arrested in Tamil Nadu s Ramanathapuram district police said on Sunday.
"Mohammed Yunus is a Pakistan national. He had come to Ervadi from Sri Lanka on an illegal boat " a police officer in Ramanathapuram district told IANS over phone.
The man was staying in a lodge and trying to get people to peddle brown sugar. "We got a tip-off about him and arrested him " the officer added.
Yunus was arrested on Saturday police said adding that he did not have a passport and other required papers on him but only had some Indian and Pakistani currency.
Two locals have also been arrested in connection with the case police said.
--IANS
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