Puducherry: The Puducherry police on Wednesday arrested four youths on charges of possessing, consuming and selling ganja. They seized 480 gram of ganja , three mobile phones and a motorcycle from the accused.

The arrested have been identified as G Rishi alias Rishi Kumar, 19, of Orleanpet, A Ajith alias Ajith Kumar, 19, A Vignesh alias Sethu, 22, and E Balaji alias Jayabalaji, 24, of Ariyankuppam.

Superintendent of police (East) C Maran said they had received a tip-off about sale of ganja near Chinna Kosapalayam.

A police team visited the spot and found four youths moving suspiciously. When the team questioned them, the youths gave contradictory answers.

On inspection, the police found ganja packets in their possession. Later, the police seized ganja from the house of one of the accused too. The accused told the police that they had procured ganja from a village in Tiruvannamalai district of Tamil Nadu.

The accused have been booked under sections 8 (c) read with 20 (b) (ii) (A), 27 (A) and 29 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985. They have been remanded in judicial custody.

Inquiries revealed that the four had been arrested in connection with a 2017 murder case and had come out on bail. All the four accused lost their fathers a few years ago.

