36-year-old held under Goondas Act for ganja sale in Thoothukudi
Kurumbur police arrested 36-year-old Manickam of Alanthalai for alleged ganja sale, and Thoothukudi Collector ordered his preventive detention for one year under the Goondas Act on SP Sivaprasad's recommendation. The order was served at Palayamkottai Central Jail, taking the district's Goondas detentions this year to 129 across various crimes.
🇮🇳 Alanthalai Tsunami Colony, Tiruchendur, Thoothukudi district · India
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Manickam, 36, son of Arumugam of Alanthalai Tsunami Colony near Tiruchendur in
Thoothukudi district, was arrested by Kurumbur police for alleged sale of ganja,
the local term for cannabis.[1] He was accused of unlawful ganja sale in his
own area and had already been arrested and lodged in jail by Kurumbur police
station officers.[2] Police said he persisted in ganja sale, after which
District Superintendent of Police Sivaprasad recommended his detention under the
Goondas Act, Tamil Nadu’s preventive-detention law for habitual offenders.[2]
Acting on that recommendation, District Collector Vishu Mahajan ordered Manickam
to be jailed for one year under the Goondas Act.[2]
Kurumbur police served a copy of the Collector’s order at Palayamkottai Central
Jail to bring the detention into effect.[3] The reports place this detention
in a wider district drive, stating that 129 people have been detained under the
Goondas Act in Thoothukudi district so far this year in cases including murder,
attempted murder and ganja sale.[1]
Sources
- கஞ்சா வழக்கில் கைதானவர் மீது குண்டர் சட்டம் பாய்ந்தது - Dinakaran. Dinakaran, 2 November 2026. In Tamil.
- தூத்துக்குடி- குண்டர் சட்டத்தில் இதுவரை 129 பேர் கைது. MakkalDaily, 2 November 2026. In Tamil.
- கஞ்சா வழக்கில் கைதான வாலிபர் மீது குண்டர் சட்டம் பாய்ந்தது - இதுவரை 129 பேர் மீது நடவடிக்கை!. TutyOnline, 2 November 2026. In Tamil.
Open questions the AI reported
- Only the publication date of 2 November 2026 is known; no separate dates for the original ganja arrest and the detention order were published.
- No quantity, weight or value of ganja was published for Manickam's case.
- No court charge, trial or sentence was reported; the one-year detention is a Collector's preventive-detention order and is not counted as a court prison sentence.
- The 129 figure is the district's year-to-date Goondas total across murder, attempted murder, ganja sale and other crimes, not the cannabis figure for this event.
- Photos on the source pages could not be verified to show this detention or seizure, so no media entry is added.
