Pakistani national held in Tamil Nadu for peddling drugs

23 July,2017 09:57 PM IST |  Ramanathapuram  |  Chennai

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



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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.

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