Chennai: The Ashok Nagar police arrested a man on charges of peddling ganja through his minor son. While the man was arrested and remanded in judicial custody, his son was sent to the govt observation home in Kellys.The case came to light after officers received a tip off about ganja being sold in Ashok Nagar area. Police intensified surveillance and detained a man found smoking ganja in public. Inquiry revealed that he purchased the narcotic substance from a boy at a public park in the neighbourhood.A special team found the boy and questioned him. Inquiry revealed that a ganja supply operation was being run by his father, who had 15 previous criminal cases against him, including those under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act.The man went into hiding after learning about the inquiry. When officers visited his residence to investigate, his differently abled wife attempted to stop the police personnel by setting their pet dog on them. The man was eventually arrested. He had been packing ganja parcels at his residence and distributing them through his son to customers in the locality, police said.
