The Kodungaiyur police have arrested four youth for illegally selling pain relief tablets in Kodungaiyur and seized 696 tablets and four mobile phones from them.

Based on a tip-off, a police team, led by the Inspector of the Kodungaiyur police station, conducted surveillance near the garbage dump area at R.R. Nagar on Monday morning. During the operation, the police arrested four youth for allegedly stocking and illegally selling pain relief tablets.

The arrested were identified as Gopikrishnan, 20, of Amudham Nagar in Kodungaiyur, Jeyaseelan alias Vishal, 19, of Red Hills, Karthik, 22, of K.K. Nagar, and Mohanraj, 20, of Thoothukudi district.

Investigation revealed that the accused, along with their associates, had allegedly travelled to Mumbai, procured the tablets in bulk, and stocked them in Chennai for illegal sale. All four accused were produced before a court and remanded in judicial custody. The police said efforts were under way to trace other suspects connected to the case.