Assam native held in Kottarakkara with 36 g ganja, brown sugar
Police in Kottarakkara, Kollam district, arrested an Assam native around midnight on 10 November 2026 and seized 36 grams of ganja along with brown sugar valued at Rs 30 lakh. Police said the drugs were brought from Assam in eight plastic boxes, with one packet already sold in Kochi, and the man was being questioned in detail.
Police in Kottarakkara, a town in Kerala’s Kollam district, arrested a native of
Assam during a narcotics enforcement check.[1]Police carried out the
inspection around midnight on Tuesday, 10 November 2026, and seized narcotics
from his possession.[2]Officers recovered 36 grams of ganja, the Indian term
for herbal cannabis, from the arrested man.[1]
Alongside the cannabis, police seized a consignment of brown sugar valued at Rs
30 lakh (3 million rupees, as one lakh is 100,000).[2]The brown sugar had
been packed inside plastic covers and kept in eight plastic boxes.[1]Police
found that the accused had brought the narcotics into Kerala from the
northeastern state of Assam.[2]According to information received by
investigators, the drugs held in one of his plastic covers had already been sold
in Kochi before his arrest.[1]
Police stated that officers were questioning the arrested man in detail
following the midnight seizure.[1]The operation in Kottarakkara came days
after local police seized a large quantity of MDMA in the same town.[3]
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The man arrested in Kottarakkara, captioned as the person caught with brown sugar. Photo: Samakalika MalayalamPhoto details
The reports place the check around midnight on Tuesday in coverage published on 11 November 2026, so the seizure fell on the night of 10-11 November; 10 November 2026 is used as the incident date.
The arrested man was identified only as an Assam native, with no name or age published.
No weight was published for the brown sugar valued at Rs 30 lakh and no value was given for the 36 grams of ganja, so only the cannabis weight is recorded in figures.
The reports do not name the police unit or the exact spot in Kottarakkara where the midnight check took place.
No charge, court production or remand outcome was reported, as questioning was still under way.
The large MDMA seizure in Kottarakkara mentioned in the reports is a separate non-cannabis case and is not included in the figures.
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