Ariyalur: Police have arrested 2 persons for possessing a country gun without a license near Ariyalur.
Venkanur police of Ariyalur district were patrolling in Ilandikudam area yesterday (November 13). At that time, 2 persons who came there on a two-wheeler, saw the police and saw the police throwing the object in the forest.
Subsequently, when the police stopped the vehicle at that place, they found a country gun lying there. On taking it, the two were arrested and investigated, and it was revealed that one is Rethinakumar (29), son of Amaladas, next to Vandrampalayam, Lalgudi, Trichy district, and Pappuraj (29), son of Lucas, Villagam, Ariyalur district.
Also, it was revealed that both of them had unlicensed country guns and used them to hunt cranes, storks and foxes. The police seized the gun and arrested both of them and produced them in Ariyalur court and put them in jail.