Man arrested with 19.8 kg hashish in Ramanathapuram
S.P. Pattinam police arrested 34-year-old A. Mano near Pasipattinam in Ramanathapuram district, seizing 19.8 kg of hashish in two stages. Police described him as a repeat NDPS offender who had been evading arrest.
🇮🇳 Pasipattinam, Ramanathapuram district · India
Arrested
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Cannabis
19.8 kg
S.P. Pattinam police arrested 34-year-old A. Mano in Ramanathapuram district.[1] Mano is from Thalir Marungoor in Thiruvadanai taluk.[1]
Acting on a tip-off, a special team led by Police Inspector David Raviraj went
to the coastal area near Pasiyamman Temple at Pasipattinam where suspected
illegal drug activity was taking place.[1] The team intercepted Mano and
recovered 2 kg of hashish from his possession.[1] Questioning led police to
his residence, where another 17.8 kg was found, bringing the total seizure to
19.8 kg of hashish.[1]
Investigators described Mano as a repeat offender with multiple pending cases
under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, including a Thondi
police station case from 2025.[1] Ramanathapuram Superintendent of Police G.
Chandeesh said Mano had been evading arrest and living as a fugitive before the
operation.[1] The accused was taken into custody and brought to the S.P.
Pattinam police station following legal protocols.[1]
The article says the arrest happened “on Tuesday” and was published on 3 November 2026; no separate incident date is given, so the publication date is used as the incident date.
Only one accessible source for this event was found after searching in English.
The article mentions 15 kg of ganja seized in another S.P. Pattinam case earlier this year without making clear whether it is attributed to the same suspect, so it is left out of the figures.
No court outcome beyond custody at S.P. Pattinam police station was reported.
The opened page carries only a generic site image and logo, with no event photo, so no media entry is included.
Coordinates are for Ramanathapuram town as the district centre; the precise coastal interception point near Pasipattinam was not separately verified.
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Police arrested 34-year-old Mano near S P Pattinam in Ramanathapuram district, seizing 19.8 kg of hashish allegedly bound for Sri Lanka. Officers found 2 kg on him and 17.8 kg at his residence, valuing the haul at nearly Rs 40 lakh, and booked him under the NDPS Act.
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