Tamil Nadu special police arrested Yuvaraj, who had been absconding in a ganja-smuggling case, about a month after the original interception.[1] Investigators identified the fugitive as 23-year-old Yuvaraj, the son of Muthu of Puthupettai in Panruti.[1] One of the two youths stopped during the roadside check managed to flee from the officers at the scene.[1] Officers arrested the other youth at the scene, 24-year-old Rakesh, the son of Isaac of Avadi in Chennai, and seized the ganja he was carrying.[1]

The Superintendent of Police’s special team was patrolling Customs Road in Cuddalore on 3 October when the case began.[1] The patrol officers stopped youths who were walking along that road and searched the bag they were carrying.[1] The bag held 4.7 kg of ganja, the local term for cannabis, which the police valued at Rs 2.5 lakh.[1]

Police said Yuvaraj had remained in hiding after fleeing, and a prolonged search followed to trace him.[1] Special-team officers then arrested the fugitive Yuvaraj and lodged him in jail.[1]