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The personnel had seized the bundles after waiting for nearly two hours as the bundles washed ashore in batches. The Marine police of the Coastal Security Group (CSC) and the CPU, Rameswaram, had seized 32 bundles of beedi leaves found washed ashore on Kunthukal seashore near Akkalmadam and Danushkodi seashore in August last year. more-inRamanathapuramThe Rameswaram Customs Preventive Unit (CPU) has seized 25 bundles of Tendu leaves, used to wrap beedis, the poor man’s cigarette, found washed ashore on Kunthukal seashore near Pamban in the early hours of Wednesday. The smugglers could have procured the leaf bundles from Kerala, he said. On information by the local people and alert by V.
Rajkumar Moses, Assistant Commissioner, Customs, Ramanathapuram division, a team, led by Pugazhendi, Superintendent, CPU, Rameswaram, seized the leaves found scattered in the Kunthukal coast at around 5.45 a.m..