Two arrested with 100 g of ganja at Arumuganeri school ground
Arumuganeri police arrested Tahir Athil, 20, and Jasim Imran, 19, of Kayalpattinam on 4 November 2026 after finding them with ganja for sale on a school ground at Peyanvilai in Thoothukudi district. Police seized 100 grams of ganja and 40 ziplock covers and remanded the two men to Perurani jail.
🇮🇳 Peyanvilai school ground, Arumuganeri, Thoothukudi district, Tamil Nadu · India
Arrested
2
Cannabis
100 g
Arumuganeri police arrested two young men, Tahir Athil, 20, son of Mustaq, and
Jasim Imran, 19, son of Jamal Hajit, both of Kayalpattinam’s Kaattu Thaikka
Street, on suspicion of selling ganja near a school.[1]Officers on routine
patrol saw the two men standing on the school ground at Peyanvilai and chased
them when they tried to run away.[1]
Police seized50 grams of ganja from each of them, 100 grams in total, and found
20 ziplock covers on each of the two men.[1]Arumuganeri police registered a
case and remanded the two men to Perurani jail after producing them before a
court.[1]
Photos and video
Photo captioned "கைது செய்யப்பட்ட இளைஞா்கள்" (the arrested youths), showing the two men taken into custody. Photo: Dinamani Source: தினமணி (Dinamani)
Neither account gives a date for the arrest; 4 November 2026 is assumed as the day before both 5 November 2026 publications.
Dinamani says police seized 20 ziplock covers from each of the two men, implying 200, while Daily Thanthi reports 40 in total; the cover count is left out of the figures.
The weight is the police's stated 50 grams per person and 100 grams in total, not an exact laboratory figure.
No charge under the NDPS Act, court outcome or identifying case details were reported.
The Dinamani photo shows the two arrested men but its caption does not say where it was taken.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in தினத்தந்தி (Daily Thanthi): An investigation found they were holding ganja and ziplock covers for sale.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in தினத்தந்தி (Daily Thanthi): Daily Thanthi reports 100 grams of ganja and 40 ziplock covers taken in total.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in தினத்தந்தி (Daily Thanthi): Daily Thanthi says the two were remanded under a court order.
Mumbai Airport Customs arrested two Bhutanese nationals arriving from Bangkok in separate interceptions and seized about 2.95 kg of cannabis hidden in chocolate wrappers and carton boxes. Customs officers said international syndicates are recruiting Bhutanese citizens as couriers and that other handlers have yet to be traced.
Police in Uthukkottai taluk, Thiruvallur district, arrested five men on 4 November 2026 in separate stops for ganja possession, including one at the Andhra Pradesh border checkpost and one at a bazaar. Two seizures were reported at 100 grams each and the other three without a stated weight.
Anantnag police arrested two men in separate checks in Pahalgam and Mattan on 4 November 2026, recovering about 3 kg of bhang powder from one and about 19.6 grams of charas from the other. Police registered an NDPS case at each station and said investigations were under way.
Narkhi police arrested Hariprakash near Baindi bridge in Firozabad, seizing 725 grams of ganja and Rs 3,720 in cash. Police registered a case under the NDPS Act and reported both recoveries as the amounts found in the search.
