Police registered a case against two people after seizing 10 grams of ganja from students at the Abode Valley apartments in Potheri on 14 November 2026.[1] The search involved more than 200 police officers acting under the Tambaram police commissionerate.[1]

Officers divided into eight groups and searched homes at Abode Valley, VGN and Aishwarya apartment complexes between 6 a.m. and 9 a.m.[1] A contemporaneous account described officers searching rooms at Abode Valley, where private college students lived.[2] The searches followed repeated complaints to police about ganja and other drugs being sold to residents of the apartment buildings.[1] Residents called for regular patrols and action against people storing and selling drugs in the area.[1]