1,760 kg of seized ganja destroyed in Chengalpattu in one-day drive
Tamil Nadu Police destroyed 1,760 kg of ganja seized in various cases at an authorised facility at Thenmelpakkam in Chengalpattu district on 3 November 2026. The disposal, ordered under a one-day statewide anti-drug operation, was attended by senior crime-branch, anti-narcotics and forensic officers.
🇮🇳 Thenmelpakkam, Chengalpattu district, Tamil Nadu · India
Cannabis
1.76 t
On 3 November 2026, Tamil Nadu Police destroyed 1,760 kg of ganjaseized in
various cases across the state at the authorised waste-treatment and destruction
facility at Thenmelpakkam in Chengalpattu district.[1] The disposal was
ordered by Director General of Police Mahesh Kumar Agarwal under a statewide
‘One-Day Integrated Drug Eradication Operation’ involving searches in all cities
and districts.[1] Police said the 1,760 kg was cannabis seized in different
cases and destroyed in a single-day action.[1]
The destroyed cannabis was described as ganja.[1] A quantity of
methamphetamine was destroyed alongside the cannabis at the same authorised
centre.[1] The destruction took place in the presence of the Tamil Nadu Crime
Branch chief and ANTF head, the Chennai NIB CID superintendent and the Chennai
TNFSL assistant director.[1] Police said officers followed transparency
requirements and legal procedures during the destruction.[1]
The force also published helpline, WhatsApp, email and app contacts and asked
the public to share information about drug trafficking through the nearest
police station.[1]
Police and circle officials raided a house in Nawabganj Purab Tola, Katihar, and seized 48 kg of ganja. The householder's wife was arrested at the scene while other family members fled; police say NDPS Act proceedings will follow.
Police raided a house in Ward-2, Nalagarh, seizing 314 grams of charas and registering a case against house owner Jaswinder Kumar under the NDPS Act. Officers found the resin in three small forms in a cupboard along with a weighing scale and are investigating possible accomplices.
Morbi Anti-Narcotics Wing officers raided a castor field in Chitroda village, Halvad, and seized 364 cannabis plants weighing 33.05 kg valued at Rs 1,652,500. They arrested sharecropper Vipulbhai Paraliya, who police say grew the crop to sell to local users, and filed an NDPS case.
Railway police seized 5 kg of ganja from an unclaimed bag on the Dhanbad–Alappuzha Express between Karuppur and Salem on 2 November 2026. The same drive found 6 kg of tobacco products on another express, and the seizures were handed to Salem Railway Police with no arrests reported.
