Three held selling ganja in Chennai's Kannagi Nagar, 3 kg seized
Kannagi Nagar police in Chennai arrested three people for selling cannabis, including a 27-year-old who had been selling behind the municipal gym, and seized 3 kg of ganja. Two of those held had been at large in a separate ganja case.
Kannagi Nagar police in Chennai arrested a 27-year-old resident of the area’s
tsunami housing colony who had been selling cannabis, known locally as ganja,
behind the municipal gym in the same neighbourhood.[1]The arrest took place
on 7 November 2026 and officers seized3 kg of ganja.[1]
Police also arrested a 32-year-old man and a 22-year-old woman from Kannagi
Nagar who had been at large in a separate ganja case, bringing the total held to
three.[1]The account ran in Dinamalar’s Chennai district news roundup on the
evening of 7 November 2026, alongside unrelated reports on an assault and a
gutkha tobacco seizure.[1]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
The article is a police roundup and the Kannagi Nagar item gives no explicit date; it says the arrests were made 'today' (7 November 2026), the publication date, which is used as the incident date.
No charge, value, court outcome or remand was reported for the three arrested, and the police station's charge section was not named.
It is unclear whether the 3 kg of ganja was recovered from the 27-year-old alone or from all three people arrested.
The two Kannagi Nagar residents arrested for absconding were held in another ganja case, which is a separate matter not detailed here.
Only one source for this event could be found after searching in Tamil and English; other Kannagi Nagar reports describe different cases.
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.
