Migrant worker held with 2 kg of ganja near Kadayam
Police arrested 32-year-old West Bengal migrant Pirothip Sardar near Kadayam in Tamil Nadu's Tenkasi district, seizing 2 kg of ganja allegedly kept for sale along with his motorcycle. He was remanded to judicial custody in jail while police investigate the ganja's source and possible associates.
🇮🇳 Brick kiln on Mathapuram-Pulavanur road near Kadayam, Tenkasi · India
Police near Kadayam in Tenkasi district arrested 32-year-old Pirothip Sardar, a
migrant brick-kiln worker from West Bengal, for allegedly keeping ganja for
sale.[1]Sardar is the son of Kalu Sardar and comes from Murshidabad district
in West Bengal.[1]He had been working at a brick kiln on the road leading
from Mathapuram to Pulavanur near Kadayam.[1]He had gone to his home town and
had come back only a few days before police stopped him.[1]
Police said they detained him on suspicion and questioned him.[1]After
questioning, they said they found that he had stocked 2 kg of ganja for sale.[1]Officers registered a case against him and seized the 2 kg of ganja
together with his motorcycle.[1]They then arrested him and remanded him to
judicial custody and lodged him in jail.[1]
Police said they are continuing to investigate where he bought the ganja and who
else may be connected to it.[1]Police linked both the seized ganja and the
motorcycle to the same case.[1]
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The article gives no separate date for the arrest; 2 November 2026 is its publication date and is used as the incident date.
Only one accessible source for this event was found, so no second account could corroborate the police version.
No street value, exact seizure spot beyond the Mathapuram-Pulavanur road brick kiln area, or formal charge details beyond case registration and remand were published.
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