Incidents of smuggling of ration rice from border districts including Vellore, Tiruppur, coimbatore, and krishnagiri to neighboring states are on the rise.
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The recent rise in ration rice smuggling across tamil Nadu has caused a stir among family cardholders. Harm to free ration rice? Rice is provided free of cost to family cardholders at ration shops in tamil Nadu. 20 kg to 50 kg is given depending on the family members. Apart from these, products including kerosene, wheat, palm oil, and pulses are also offered. These are being smuggled to neighboring states of kerala, Karnataka, and andhra pradesh by some gangs for sale on the black market.As a result, the availability of ration items to family cardholders in many places is affected.
Arcot city police conducted a vehicle search last night near Ganapathy nagar in Arcot, Ranipettai district. A test of a mini auto that came through at the time revealed the presence of 2.5 tonnes of ration rice. Subsequent interrogation of the driver confirmed that they had been smuggled to Andhra Pradesh. police later confiscated the auto and ration rice and are investigating 4 people including the driver.
Police raided a vehicle in the Kottur area near pollachi in coimbatore district yesterday (April 16) and seized 34 bundles of ration rice weighing 50 kg which was smuggled into Palakkad, Kerala.
An electric van with 50 bundles of rice and 7 bundles of wheat was seized on april 13 near Manamadurai in the Sivagangai district. It has been reported that an attempt was made to smuggle this ration rice to kerala via Madurai. On march 16, officers confiscated 10 tonnes of ration rice and 5 tonnes of wheat stored in the Ehil nagar area near Mannachanallur in the Trincomalee district.Police on march 2 seized 16 tonnes of rice and 700 kg of wheat from a ration truck near Kangayam in Tirupur district.As rations continue to be smuggled across the state and smuggled into neighboring states, the public is blaming the authorities for their complacency that so far no key figures from the gang have been caught.
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