Harur prohibition police seized 5 kg of ganja from a bag found near the toilet of the Sabari Express near Morappur station on 3 November 2026. No suspect was named and inquiries were continuing to trace who carried the bag.
🇮🇳 Morappur railway station, Dharmapuri, Tamil Nadu · India
Harur prohibition-enforcement police searched the
Secunderabad–Thiruvananthapuram Sabari Express as it was coming toward Morappur
railway station on the morning of 3 November 2026.[1][2]Sub-Inspector
Saravanakumar led the search with head constables Arun and Chandran of the Harur
prohibition-enforcement unit.[1][2]The officers carried out the check at about
5:30 a.m. on the Jolarpettai–Salem railway stretch in Dharmapuri district.[1]Inside the general compartment, the team found a bag lying near the toilet.[1][2]
Officers found 5 kg of ganja inside the bag and seized it.[1][2]No suspect was
named and no arrest was reported for the seizure.[1]The officers continued
inquiries to establish who had carried the ganja on the train.[1]
The Sabari Express was operating from Secunderabad toward Thiruvananthapuram on
the checked stretch.[1]Morappur is the railway station named as the
approaching stop for the check in Dharmapuri district.[1]Police described the
recovered substance as ganja and continued investigation to trace the carrier.[1]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
The incident date of 3 November 2026 is inferred from yesterday, 3 November, relative to the 4 November 2026 publication, with about 5:30 a.m. as the only time given.
No suspect was named and no arrest was reported, and the bag was described only as lying near the toilet.
No estimated value for the seized ganja was published.
Only one accessible account of this Morappur check was found after searching in Tamil and English, and no police statement or second outlet account was opened.
Only Dinamalar has been found reporting this check, so the second account is a repost by the same outlet, not independent confirmation.
No estimated value for the seized ganja and no suspect were published in either posting.
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