Two men held for illegal sale of sedative pills

COIMBATORE: City police arrested two men in two different incidents on Thursday for allegedly selling sedatives to youngsters on Thursday.

In the first incident, Podanur police arrested a 35-year-old man on Thursday night for illegally selling sedatives to youngsters. 3,000 tablets were seized.

The accused was identified as A Abuthahir, of Karumbukadai. Based on a tip-off about the sale of illegal sale of painkiller drugs, a special team conducted searches.