Suspected hashish oil seized from prisoner in Kannur jail
Staff at Kannur Central Jail found a bottle suspected to contain hashish oil concealed in a prisoner’s underwear and sent it for scientific testing. A separate search recovered a mobile phone with SIM card, battery and charger, the fourth such phone seizure in the jail this month.
🇮🇳 Kannur Central Jail, Kannur, Kerala · India
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Staff at Kannur Central Jail in Kannur, Kerala, again found a mobile phone and
intoxicant substances, including a substance suspected to be hashish oil
recovered from a prisoner.[1][2][3]The prisoner’s behaviour aroused suspicion, and
a search found a bottle concealed in his underwear.[1]The bottle’s contents
were collected for scientific examination to confirm whether the substance is
hashish oil.[1]
A search of the building in front of Block 6 recovered a SIM card, mobile phone,
battery and charger.[1][2][3]The latest search recovered a phone with SIM card,
battery and charger, while the suspected hashish oil was seized from the
prisoner during the previous day’s search.[1][2]Phones have been seized from
different parts of the jail four times this month alone.[1]Authorities have
not yet established how the phones and intoxicants reach the jail or who brings
them inside.[1][3]
The repeated finds without identifying the route or source have raised concern
and questions about whether an effective investigation is under way and what
measures jail authorities are taking.[1]
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Seized mobile phone and suspected contraband reported at Kannur Central Jail. Source: Media One
The substance was described only as suspected hashish oil and was sent for scientific examination, so its identity is unconfirmed and no cannabis weight can be recorded.
The article gives no separate dates for the two searches beyond the latest check and the previous day’s check; 4 November 2026 is the publication date and is used as the incident date.
No weight, bottle volume, new arrest, charge or court outcome was reported; the prisoner was already in custody.
How the phones and intoxicants entered the jail and who supplied them remain unknown.
Only one accessible source for this event was found after searching in English and Malayalam.
Janam TV describes the substance as hashish oil while the existing report records it as suspected hashish oil sent for scientific examination, so its identity remains unconfirmed.
Janam TV does not name Block 6 and reports mobile phones, SIM cards, batteries and chargers in the plural, so the exact number and location of the phones is unresolved.
Janam TV places the suspicious prisoners near the jail tower and gives no bottle concealed in underwear or testing detail, leaving the exact recovery circumstances unclear.
No weight, bottle volume, new arrest, charge or court outcome was reported, so no cannabis quantity can be recorded.
The Janam TV page image has no caption or credit establishing it shows this seizure, so no media entry is included.
The article gives no separate date for the searches; 4 November 2026 is its publication date and is used as the incident date.
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