11 held with 9 kg ganja in 9-day Chengalpattu drive
Chengalpattu district police arrested 11 people and seized 9 kilograms of cannabis across five cases during a nine-day anti-drug drive. Authorities also confiscated 90 kilograms of banned gutka tobacco in 19 cases and had violating shops sealed.
Chengalpattu district police reported seizing 9 kilograms of cannabis and 90
kilograms of banned gutka tobacco products during a nine-day enforcement drive,
and said shops that violated the rules were sealed.[1]Chengalpattu district
police said they began the anti-drug enforcement drive on the 2nd of the month
across the district police area.[1]Across the following nine days, police
registered five cases relating to cannabis sales, seizing 9 kilograms of
cannabis described as ganja and arresting 11 people.[1]
In the same period, officers registered 19 cases concerning sales of banned
gutka tobacco products and seized90 kilograms of those tobacco products.[1]Shops found selling the banned tobacco were sealed through the food safety
department, and nine people connected with those tobacco cases were arrested.[1]
The enforcement area covers 20 police stations under the control of the
Chengalpattu police supervisory office.[1]Police said they had received
repeated complaints that cannabis and intoxicant sales kept increasing in the
areas within those station limits, which prompted the special drive.[1]
Case data
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Kangra district police's CIA team arrested two men from Chamba district with 1.107 kg of charas in the Sokru Dam area of Baijnath. A case was registered under the NDPS Act at Baijnath police station, and police said they were questioning the men about the source of the charas and where it was to be supplied.
Police in Sirari bazaar in Bihar's Sheikhpura district seized 150 grams of ganja from a paan stall and arrested Doman Singh, also known as Prabhakar Singh. The stall stands on Purana Station Road within 500 metres of an educational institution, and the station chief said an FIR was registered under the NDPS Act.
Bandipora police arrested two men travelling on a scooty at Gunchipora near Bakshi Bund on 11 November 2026 and recovered 914 grams of a suspected cannabis powder-like substance from them. Police registered FIR No. 244/2026 at Police Station Sumbal under the NDPS Act and said they were investigating the source of the contraband and its supply links.
Police in Station Ghanpur, Jangaon district, Telangana, arrested four men accused of selling dried ganja, including the man who bought some, and seized 40 grams of the drug, a mobile phone and 1,000 rupees in cash. Circle Inspector S. Srinivas said a case was registered against the four and they were remanded to judicial custody.
