Senior officers of the Civil Supplies CID of the Tamil Nadu Police held a coordination meeting with officers of the Andhra Pradesh police of Tirupati district, to chart out a course to curb interstate smuggling of rice meant for the public distribution system (PDS).
Deputy Superintendent of Police, Civil Supplies CID, T.N. Police, B. Sampath, Deputy Superintendent of Police, (Naidupettah) Krishna Reddy and other officers participated in the meeting, held at the Tada police station, on Tuesday, April 9, 2024.
The officers discussed the curtailing of rice smuggling by road, train and boats, and conducting intensive checking on trains and at railway stations at Tada and Sullurpet towns in Andhra Pradesh. They also discussed coordination measures with the Railway police to effectively check PDS movement.
