111 bags of rice seized from house in Tuticorin

The police seized 111 bags of ration rice from a house at Sameer Vyas Nagar under Thalamuthu Nagar police station limits.

Police said the rice bags, weighing about 5 tonnes, were confiscated from the backyard of the house of Sudalaimani (42) when the law-enforcers raided the residence on a tip-off.

Sudalaimani was arrested.

Investigations revealed that Sudalaimani had stolen the rice from the ration shops at Mappliyyaiyoorani, T. Saveriyarpuram, Siluvaiptti, Ayyarvilai and Lourdammalpuram.