Food Cell police have seized 4.8 tonnes of rice meant for Public Distribution System and arrested four persons while conducting a vehicle check here on Sunday.
A team, led by Inspector R. Vanasundar, intercepted a vehicle on Tiruchendur Road when it moved in a suspicious manner and found the rice packed in 96 bags.
The police arrested the occupants — K. Balamurugan (34), C. Muthukrishnan (37), K. Samuel Raj (44) and D. Antony Lasington (59) — under Section 7 (1) (a) of Essential Commodities Act, 1955.
