Tiruppur Exporters’ Association President, Raja M Shanmugham recently said that four of their members export goods transported through lorries to the Tuticorin port were stopped at the location called Pandalkudi, near Virudhunagar town and a notorious gang was opening and taking away the pieces randomly from the carton boxes and the theft is known to the exporters only when 100 per cent inspection was carried out at the Tuticorin customs. The compliant and FIR process are now going on. The culprit is arrested and is now is under police custody. The bitter part is that the lorry drivers were also hand in glove with culprit and they were tipped to the tune of Rs. 5,000 for stoppage of lorry near the place.
