Tiruchy, Nov 11:
In an intensive festive crime-prevention drive conducted across nine districts of the Central Police Zone, police teams arrested 34 notorious history-sheeters and seized lethal weapons and vehicles over Deepavali and subsequent days.
Carried out between November 8 and November 9, the multi-district operation involved vehicle checks across 368 transit points and cordon-and-search operations at 693 premises, leading to the registration of 32 criminal cases. Pudukkottai police registered eight cases, followed by seven in Tiruchy, five in Tiruvarur, four in Perambalur, two each in Nagapattinam and Mayiladuthurai, and one each in Ariyalur and Thanjavur.
During late-night checks on Cholapuram main road near Kumbakonam, Thanjavur police intercepted a speeding car and apprehended five individuals armed with deadly weapons who were allegedly proceeding to execute a murder. All five suspects, identified as R. Sachin, R. Ramamurthy, R. Raja, S. Murugan, and V. Sakthivel, were remanded in judicial custody alongside the other arrested history-sheeters.