Nagapattinam district police arrested eight people in Keezhaiyur police station limits on Wednesday and seized ganja meant to be taken to Sri Lanka by sea, The Hindu reported.[1] The eight arrested were A. Vignesh, 31, of Tiruchi; R. Gopinath, 33, of Kathirupulam; R. Veeramurasu, 29, and K. Vairakumar, 33, of Vizhundhamavadi; R. Muruganandham, 26, of Pradhabaramapuram; S. Harikrishnan, 29, of Kallimedu; G. Sasikumar, 33, of Coimbatore; and S. Sudharshan, 35, of Theni.[1] Acting on a tip-off, the special team ran a surprise vehicle check near Melapidagai temple and intercepted two four-wheelers; the Keezhaiyur police station registered the case under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act.[1]

Tamil Nadu police arrested eight people and seized 300 kg of ganja in Nagapattinam district that was meant to be transported to Sri Lanka by the maritime route.[2] Officials said the ganja had been brought from the Andhra-Odisha border for smuggling to Sri Lanka by sea.[2] Police seized the two four-wheelers and three two-wheelers used to move the drugs, Nagapattinam Superintendent of Police Harsh Singh told ANI.[2]

Singh put the total value of the seizure at 55 lakh rupees, with about 30 lakh rupees of ganja weighing 300 kg and the remaining 25 lakh rupees in seized vehicles including the two four-wheelers.[2] Singh said the case resembled a seizure of 300 kg of ganja two months earlier in September, taken from the same border area and also intended for Sri Lanka.[2] Singh said the two seizures brought the Nagapattinam district police total for the last two months to 600 kg of ganja.[2] A Tamil Nadu police press release later placed the seizure on 8 November as one case worth Rs 30 lakh of ganja, with two cars and three motorcycles seized and eight accused from Nagapattinam and Theni districts arrested.[3]