Three held selling 2.5 kg of ganja in Chennai's Secretariat Colony
Secretariat Colony police in Chennai arrested three young men from Purasaiwalkam for allegedly selling ganja in the Secretariat Colony area of Otteri and seized 2.5 kg of the drug. The arrests were made on 9 November 2026 and reported in Dinamalar's Chennai crime roundup the next morning.
🇮🇳 Secretariat Colony, Otteri, Chennai, Tamil Nadu · India
Secretariat Colony police in Chennai arrested three men for allegedly selling
cannabis, known locally as ganja, in the Secretariat Colony area of Otteri on 9
November 2026.[1][2]The three arrested were Suresh, 22, Taja, 24, and Peter, 19,
all residents of Thideer Nagar in Purasaiwalkam.[1][2]Police said the three men had multiple criminal cases against them and had procured the ganja from Andhra Pradesh to sell in the Otteri area.[2]
Officers seized2.5 kg of ganja in the arrest.[1][2]The three men were subsequently produced before a court and remanded to prison.[2]The account was one item in
Dinamalar’s Chennai crime roundup published on 10 November 2026, which dates the
arrests to the previous day.[1]
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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.
