Man arrested selling cannabis near Minjur railway station; 1.2 kg seized
Police in Minjur, Thiruvallur district, arrested a 25-year-old man from Nandiyambakkam on 11 November 2026 on suspicion of selling cannabis near the Minjur railway station. Officers patrolling the area stopped and questioned him, then seized 1.200 kg of cannabis in packets from him.
🇮🇳 Minjur railway station, Minjur, Thiruvallur district, Tamil Nadu · India
Police in Minjur, Thiruvallur district, arrested Vinoth, 25, on 11 November 2026
on suspicion of selling cannabis near the Minjur railway station.[1]Officers
on patrol near the station stopped a man they found suspicious and questioned
him.[1]The questioning established that he was Vinoth, 25, of Nandiyambakkam,
and that he had been selling cannabis.[1]
Police arrested him and seized1.200 kg of ganja, the local term for cannabis,
in packets from him.[1]
Police in the Minjur area said they were maintaining intensive surveillance to
stop the illegal sale of cannabis.[1]
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The first sentence dates the arrest to 11 November 2026, but the patrol account says officers stopped the man the previous day, so the incident may have taken place on 10 November 2026.
No value was published for the 1.200 kg of cannabis seized.
No charges, custody remand or court outcome beyond the arrest were reported.
The account rests on a single Dinamalar report, which does not name the police unit involved.
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