Malappuram man held as mastermind in 34 kg train cannabis case
Kozhikode railway police arrested Suhail K.P., a 32-year-old from Kalpakanchery in Malappuram district, on 11 November 2026 in a case over more than 34 kg of cannabis smuggled by train in August. Police say he paid for ganja brought from Odisha and distributed it in small packets in the Tirur area, and he was remanded after confessing.
Kozhikode railway police arrested Suhail K.P. of Manjachola in Kalpakanchery,
Malappuram, at his home in Kalpakanchery on Wednesday noon, 11 November 2026.[1]The arrest came in a case registered at Kozhikode railway police station in
August over more than 34 kg of cannabis smuggled by train on 23 and 30 August.[1]
On 23 August, Kozhikode railway police, with a DANSAF team, arrested two West
Bengal natives, S.K. Suman, 19, and Lal Chand Sheikh, 29, with 18.240 kg of
cannabis on the Mangalore Central Mail Express.[1]On 30 August, the same
police arrested a woman named Minotti Sardar with 16 kg of cannabis in a similar
case.[1]Police traced Suhail after examining the earlier arrests, call detail
records and bank account details of those held.[1]
Mathrubhumi reports that Suhail had drug cases registered against him in the
Kuzhalmandam and Kuttippuram excise ranges and at the Kalpakanchery police
station.[2]Mathrubhumi reports that Suhail was arrested on Wednesday noon, 11
November 2026, and identified him as K.P. Suhail, 32, of Manjachola in
Kalpakanchery.[2]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
The exact date of Suhail's arrest is reported as Wednesday, 11 November 2026, in Malayalam sources; no time of day beyond "noon" is given.
The 34 kg total is the case total for the 23 and 30 August seizures; the split between the two consignments (18.240 kg and 16 kg) leaves a discrepancy of about 240 g.
No charge or formal case number is reported for Suhail; the reports name no charges and no court outcome beyond remand.
Only two accessible Malayalam sources for this event were found; both appear to draw on the same police briefing.
The text gives a weight ("34 kg") but the figures have no kg_seized; check whether it belongs there.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in Kairali News Online: Police say Suhail paid for ganja brought from Odisha and distributed it in Kerala.
Police in Pazhayangadi, Kannur district, arrested a 25-year-old worker from West Bengal, Biswajit Mandal, and seized 1.106 kg of ganja from him. A DANSAF team under the Kannur City Police Commissioner made the arrest in the early hours of 12 November 2026 near the Amayi level crossing.
Excise officials in Karimnagar town, Telangana, raided the Kothirapur area and arrested two people, Ghasiram and Lakshmi, on suspicion of selling ganja, seizing 530 grams of the drug. The operation was led by Circle Inspector Lobanand on the orders of the Assistant Commissioner of Enforcement, and the accounts report no charge or court outcome.
Police on patrol near the Tsunami Nagar burial ground in Devanampattinam detained 24-year-old Akash and seized ganja found in his possession. Questioning showed he had tried to sell the drug, and police registered a case and arrested him.
Panvel city police raided a flat in the MMRDA colony at Palaspe Phata after a tip-off and found 4.255 kg of ganja hidden in its bathroom, arresting Siddharth Ramdas More, 41. Officers also seized an electronic weighing scale, plastic pouches, a stapler and pins, and put the ganja's value at Rs 2,12,700.
