Three youths arrested with 1.4 kg of ganja in Chidambaram
Chidambaram police arrested three men aged 20 to 24 during an evening patrol at the Kadavacheri cremation ground on 5 November 2026, seizing 1.4 kg of ganja they had packed for sale. Police valued the cannabis at one lakh rupees and are searching for two alleged suppliers.
🇮🇳 Kadavacheri cremation ground, Chidambaram, Cuddalore district, Tamil Nadu · India
Chidambaram special-branch officers arrested three men they found standing
suspiciously at the Kadavacheri cremation ground during an evening patrol on 5
November 2026.[1]The three were Kadhir alias Manikadhir, 20, son of Rajendran
of Rajiv Gandhi Nagar in Chidambaram’s Ammapettai; Chinnakutti alias
Harikrishnan, 22, son of Thirugnanasambandam of Saliyanthoppu; and Kaathu alias
Deventhiran, 24, son of Sekar of Thachan Street in Kumaramangalam near
NakkaravandanKudi, Chidambaram.[1]
Officers found the men had packed 1.4 kg of ganja, the local term for cannabis,
for sale.[1][2]Police valued the seized ganja at one lakh rupees.[1]Annamalai
Nagar police registered a case, arrested all three and seized the ganja.[1]
Officers are searching for two people who supplied the men with the ganja.[1]
Chidambaram special-branch officers under assistant inspector Suresh Murugan stopped the three youths at the Kadavacheri cremation ground during a surprise check on Thursday evening.[2]Besides the ganja, Annamalai Nagar police seized a motorcycle from the three and sent them to judicial remand.[2]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Only one source for this arrest was found after searching in Tamil.
No charges, court production or remand details were published.
The value of one lakh rupees is the police's own estimate for the 1.4 kg seized.
Dinamani gives the ganja as about 1 kg 300 g while the report records Dinamalar's figure of 1.4 kg; the report keeps the 1.4 kg figure, and neither outlet explains the difference.
Dinamani says the three were sent to judicial remand after the case was registered at Annamalai Nagar police station; Dinamalar reported no remand, and no charge sheet or later court step was published.
No street value was published by Dinamani; the one lakh rupees figure remains Dinamalar's police estimate.
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