Acting on information that ganja was being smuggled through Thanjavur district to Sri Lanka, a special police team checked vehicles on Medical College Road near the outer ring road and seized 100 kg of ganja from a mini-goods carrier on 14 October.[1] The team handed the contraband and the vehicle to the Medical College Police.[1]
The arrested men were identified as Vijidharan of Alankudi in Pudukottai district, Agastin of Villupuram, and Vignesh and Purushothaman of Vellore.[1]