Kerala police arrest man with 1.08 kg of ganja smuggled from Mysore
Police in Sulthan Bathery, Wayanad district, arrested 35-year-old Abi Elias with 1.08 kg of ganja during a vehicle check near Makkutti bridge. Officers seized the cannabis, an electronic weighing scale and plastic packing bags; police said the ganja had been brought from Mysore for sale.
🇮🇳 Sulthan Bathery, Wayanad, Kerala · India
- Arrested
- 1
- Cannabis
- 1.08 kg
Police in Sulthan Bathery, a town in Kerala’s Wayanad district, arrested Abi
Elias and seized 1.08 kg of ganja from him.[1] Elias, 35, of Puthankunnu,
Makkutti, Pelakkudi house in Bathery, was arrested by Noufal C, a sub-inspector
with Bathery police.[1]
The district anti-drug squad and Bathery police stopped him during a vehicle
inspection near Makkutti bridge.[2]
Officers seized the ganja, an electronic weighing scale and plastic bags for
packing the cannabis for sale.[1] The seized ganja weighed one kilogram and 80
grams.[1] The scale had been used to weigh the ganja, and the plastic covers
were intended for packing it for sale.[1] Police said the ganja had been
brought from Mysore for sale.[1]
Sources
- ഇലക്ട്രോണിക് ത്രാസ്, പാക്കിങ് കവർ പിന്നെ കഞ്ചാവും; വാഹന പരിശോധനയ്ക്കിടയിൽ കുടുങ്ങി യുവാവ്. Asianet News Malayalam, 2 November 2026. In Malayalam.
- വിൽപ്പനക്കായി കടത്തിക്കൊണ്ടുവന്ന കഞ്ചാവുമായി യുവാവ് പിടിയിൽ. News Today Wayanad, 1 November 2026. In Malayalam.
Open questions the AI reported
- Neither report gives a separate date for the arrest; 1 November is the publication date of the earliest opened account, and Asianet published its report on 2 November.
- No charge, remand or court outcome was reported.
- The reports do not say where in Mysore the ganja was obtained or name anyone else involved.
- Both accounts carry almost the same police statement, so the details rest on a single official version.
- No verified photograph of the seized ganja or the vehicle check was identified; the Asianet image is a portrait captioned 'Sulthan Bathery Ganja Arrest'.
- Left out, as its quotation was not found in Asianet News Malayalam: The squad worked under Wayanad district police chief S. Deva Manohar and was led by Manoharan Thachampath, the deputy superintendent of police for the Narcotics Cell and Gender Justice.
