Three arrested with 5.75 kg of ganja in Thoothukudi
Police in Thoothukudi, Tamil Nadu, arrested three men on 29 October 2026 and seized 5 kg 750 g of ganja that they say was kept for sale. Two of the three were history-sheet offenders, and the district police registered a case under the NDPS Act.
🇮🇳 Mottagopuram, Thalamuthu Nagar, Thoothukudi · India
Police in Thoothukudi, a port city in Tamil Nadu, arrested three men and seized5 kg750 g of ganja, or cannabis, from them.[1]The Thoothukudi district
police said the check and arrests took place on 29 October 2026.[2]
Officers from Thalamuthu Nagar police station were on patrol in the Mottagopuram
area when they stopped three men and found ganja kept for sale.[1]NellaiOnline said police had been watching the area after a tip-off about
illegal ganja sales.[3]The three were taken to Thalamuthu Nagar police
station.[1]Inspector Balamurugan registered a case and arrested them.[1][3]
The arrested men were Prakash, 24, of Arockiyapuram in Thoothukudi;
Mayaganapathi, 24, of Cheranmahadevi in Tirunelveli district; and Mukilarasan,
19, of Kulathur in Thoothukudi.[1]Two of them, Prakash and Mayaganapathi,
were history-sheet offenders, people already listed in police records,
NellaiOnline reported.[3]
The district police said a case was registered under the NDPS Act, India’s main
narcotics law, and that action was being taken according to law.[2]The
investigation was continuing.[3]
Photos and video
The three arrested men standing with police officers behind a heap of seized ganja. Photo: Daily ThanthiPhoto details
NellaiOnlinenellaionline.netTAதூத்துக்குடியில் கஞ்சா விற்ற ரவுடிகள் உட்பட 3 பேர் கைது: 5.75 கிலோ கஞ்சா பறிமுதல்!
Open questions the AI reported
Daily Thanthi's headline gives the haul as 5.7 kg, while its text, NellaiOnline and the district police give 5 kg 750 g (5.75 kg), the figure used here.
Daily Thanthi described all three men as history-sheet criminals, while the district police and NellaiOnline said two of the three were.
Daily Thanthi says the officers were on patrol when they stopped the men; NellaiOnline says they acted on a tip-off and kept watch.
No court hearing, charge sheet or sentence has been reported, and no estimated value for the ganja was published.
Daily Thanthi gives no separate date for the patrol, search and arrests; 29 October 2026 is its publication date, the date used here.
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