6 held for hijacking truck with 10.5 tonnes of coconuts

Coimbatore | Wednesday | 14th November, 2018

Summary:

They, however, dropped the truck driver near Kangeyam. Coimbatore: A six-member gang, which attempted to hijack a new truck worth Rs 18 lakh with 10.5 tonnes coconut in it, was arrested on Tuesday. Manohar subsequently alerted the truck owner, V Prakash, of Porur in Chennai. “The truck was parked in a godown for more than an hour. The Negamam police, who traced the six with the help of global positioning system (GPS), have also recovered the truck and the coconut consignment from the arrested.According to police, the incident took place at 11.30pm on Sunday when truck driver S Manohar, 30, of Viluppuram, was transporting 10.5 tonnes coconut from Anaimalai to Chennai..