The Tirunelveli City Police have arrested three persons with 53.50 kg of banned tobacco products and 27 liquor bottles and seized three vehicles, including a car, during surprise check at three places in the city on Friday night.
When the personnel attached to Pettai police station, led by sub-inspector Janakan, were patrolling near Sathya Nagar in Pettai on Friday night, they intercepted a car. Besides seizing the car with banned tobacco products weighing 50 kg, the police team arrested S. Sakthi, 36, of nearby Kunnaththur, who was driving the car.
In Tirunelveli Junction area, another police team seized tobacco products weighing 3.50 kg from M. Syed Ali, 39, of Muslim Puthu Theru in Seytunganallur in Thoothukudi district and seized his two-wheeler.
The Melapalayam police patrol team seized 27 liquor bottles from S. Ganesan of Alangulam when they intercepted him even as he was moving around suspiciously near Vaeinthaankulam new bus-stand on Friday night. The police seized his two-wheeler.
Published – February 07, 2026 06:20 pm IST
