
5 held for stealing lorry with paddy
The Hindu
The vehicle was found in Orikkai in Kancheepuram district
Five persons, including a woman, were arrested on Saturday for allegedly stealing a lorry laden with 25 tonnes of paddy in M.K.B. Nagar police station limits. On August 3, R. Gopalakrishnan, 50, of K.K. Nagar, Kodungaiyur, drove the lorry laden with 640 bags of paddy weighing 25 tonnes from a godown in Korukkupet and was supposed to deliver it to a rice mill in Tiruvallur district. Mr. Gopalakrishnan stopped his vehicle with the load on North Avenue and went home after consuming alcohol.
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