Special Sub-Inspector Nagarajan and a team of police officers conducted vehicular checks at the Zuzuvadi checkpost near Hosur in Tamil Nadu’s Krishnagiri district on the afternoon of 10 November 2026.[1] During the vehicle inspection drive, officers intercepted and searched a private Sri Kumaran omni bus that was traveling from Bengaluru in Karnataka to Madurai.[1] Officers searched a bag belonging to a passenger identified as Janakiraman, a 62-year-old paddy merchant residing in Sakthivelammal Nagar, S.S. Colony, South Madurai, and discovered five parcels inside it.[1]
When police opened and inspected the five packages, they found 10 kilograms of ganja, the local term for cannabis.[1] Initial investigations revealed that the merchant had purchased the cannabis supply in Bengaluru and was smuggling the contraband aboard the bus to sell it across the Madurai area.[1]
The checkpost police team detained Janakiraman and handed him over to officers of the local Prohibition Enforcement Wing.[1] Prohibition Enforcement Wing police arrested Janakiraman and seized the 10 kilograms of ganja, estimating its market value at 5 lakh rupees.[1]
