The Avadi and Tambaram City Police destroyed over 1.7 tonnes of ganja on Friday.[1]

The Avadi City Police destroyed 906.654 kg of ganja, 3,820 narcotic tablets, 10 ganja chocolates and 2,685 kg of gutkha and other tobacco products.[1] The Avadi stock came from 190 cases registered across the commissionerate limits.[1] The contraband was incinerated at an authorised facility at Thenmelpakkam in Chengalpattu district following court orders.[1] A committee of Joint Commissioner R. Sivakumar, Deputy Commissioner V. Vinodh Santharam and Assistant Director of Forensic Sciences Vijayalakshmi oversaw the Avadi destruction.[1]

The Tambaram City Police destroyed 810 kg of ganja, along with 0.148 g of heroin, 0.961 g of methamphetamine and 6,610 narcotic tablets.[1][2] Joint Commissioner R. Jayanthi and Deputy Commissioner K. Karthikeyan supervised the Tambaram process.[1] With Friday’s destruction, the Tambaram police have destroyed 4,774 kg of ganja since 2025.[1]

The disposal was carried out under the procedures prescribed by the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, the police said.[1]

The disposal was carried out on the direct orders of Tambaram City Police Commissioner Amalraj.[2] The ganja was burned at the incineration plant of the G.J. Multi Cleave company in the Thenmelpakkam area, next to Senkundram in Chengalpattu district.[2]