Two Sri Lankan Tamil camp residents arrested with 3.6 kg ganja in Bhavanisagar
Police in Bhavanisagar, Erode district, arrested two residents of the local Sri Lankan Tamil rehabilitation camp, 21 and 19, and seized 3.6 kg of ganja and their two-wheeler after finding them standing in a market street. Police said the 21-year-old is on their history-sheeter list with more than 15 criminal cases.
🇮🇳 Mudukkandurai, Bhavanisagar, Sathyamangalam taluk, Erode district, Tamil Nadu · India
Police in Bhavanisagar detained two men standing with a two-wheeler in the
market street area of Mudukkandurai, a village next to Bhavanisagar, during a
patrol led by Bhavanisagar sub-inspector Chandramohan.[1]The two were
identified as Dileepan, 21, and Kapilan, 19, both from the Sri Lankan Tamil
rehabilitation camp at Bhavanisagar.[1][2][3]
A search of the two-wheeler found 3.6 kg of ganja, the local term for cannabis.[1][3]Police arrested both men and seized the ganja and the two-wheeler.[1][2][3]The two men were produced before a court and later lodged in Gobichettipalayam district prison.[2]They were produced before the Sathyamangalam criminal court.[3]Police valued the seized 3.6 kg of ganja at ₹1.8 lakh.[2]
Police said Dileepan is on their history-sheeter list, meaning an offender kept
under close police watch.[1][3]Dileepan has more than 15 criminal cases
registered at police stations including Bhavanisagar, Bangalapudur and
Kovelpalayam and Sirumugai in Coimbatore district, police said.[1][2]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
The two published accounts differ by one day on the arrest date, giving 9 and 10 November 2026.
No specific charge, including any NDPS Act section, was reported.
The Tamil article's headline says the two were selling ganja, but its text only describes them standing with the two-wheeler and carrying the cannabis; police gave no account of a sale.
Published accounts differ on whether one or two two-wheelers were seized with the ganja.
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