Chengalpattu district police arrested 10 people who sold ganja and seized 8.5 kg of ganja and 36 kg of gutka products in searches across the district.[1]

Police carried out a coordinated anti-drug drive across the district on the previous day.[1]

Officers were on patrol at Chengalpattu railway station during the drive.[1] There they detained nine people moving suspiciously and found 7 kg of ganja in their belongings.[1] Inquiry identified three of the suppliers as Prasantha, 35, and Bidu Bhagawan, 55, from Odisha, and Arya Sarkar, 40, from West Bengal.[1] Police said the three brought ganja by train and sold it to six men from Ammanambakkam and Alappakkam near Chengalpattu, named as Sanjay, 20, Sathya, 27, Mohamed Thaslin, 20, Musmayil, 20, Kanniyappan, 30, and Sathish, 26.[1] Police said the group targeted college students for ganja sales.[1]

The report says eight of them were arrested, produced in court and jailed, with 7 kg of ganja and two motorbikes seized from them.[1] In Madurantakam, police arrested Dayanithi, 25, for selling ganja and seized 1.5 kg of ganja from him.[1] Police also seized 36 kg of banned gutka tobacco products in various parts of the district.[1]

The drive followed complaints to police about continuing growth of ganja and drug activity in areas covered by 20 police stations under the Chengalpattu police control office.[1]