Man held with 7 kg of ganja in Thoothukudi's Prakash Nagar
Police in Thoothukudi district arrested Balamurugan, 26, and seized 7 kg of ganja he was keeping for sale in Prakash Nagar, in the Pudukottai police limits. Inspector Ramakrishnan led the search, a case was registered, and the investigation was continuing.
🇮🇳 Prakash Nagar, Pudukottai, Thoothukudi district, Tamil Nadu · India
In a police search, officers arrested Balamurugan, a 26-year-old man and the son
of Saravanan, who is from Rajiv Nagar in Pudukottai, after they found ganja he
had been keeping for sale.[1]Officers seized7 kg of ganja from him.[1]The
ganja was being kept for illegal sale in the Prakash Nagar area of Pudukottai.[1]The Pudukottai police limits named in the seizure are in Thoothukudi
district.[1]
Pudukottai police station inspector Ramakrishnan led the officers who searched
the area.[1]Police acted on secret information that the ganja was stored
there for sale.[1]To prevent ganja and other intoxicants being sold inside
the Pudukottai police limits of Thoothukudi district, officers had been carrying
out intensive patrols and searches.[1]
Inspector Ramakrishnan registered a case and the investigation was continuing.[1]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Neither account gives a separate day for the search; 11 November 2026 is the date of the earlier publication and is used as the incident date.
No value was published for the seized ganja.
No court appearance, named charge or sentence was reported.
One account calls the unit the Pudukottai police range and the other the Pudukottai police station; both name inspector Ramakrishnan as the officer who led the search.
The same police roundup also reported a separate seizure of 462 kg of banned gutka and three arrests in Puthukalani, Thoothukudi, a tobacco case left out here.
Only the longer local account mentions a secret tip and a registered case; the brief does not give a case number.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in Dinamani: Police led by inspector Ramakrishnan of the Pudukottai police range searched Prakash Nagar, seized 7 kg of ganja kept for sale, and arrested Balamurugan, 26, son of Saravanan, of Rajiv Nagar.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in Dinamani: He was arrested in connection with the ganja the search found.
Rajasthan Police CID Crime Branch stopped a Swift car in the Balara police-station area of Sikar late on 11 November 2026 and seized 41.51 kg of ganja. Officers arrested Jhunjhunu resident Rakesh Kumar under the NDPS Act and were searching for a companion he named as the owner of the drugs and the car.
Excise Enforcement officials in Bhadrachalam, Telangana, seized 11.6 kg of dry ganja from a motorcycle during vehicle checks near a sand reach on the Kunavaram–Bhadrachalam road on 11 November 2026 and apprehended two men. The pair, residents of Bharat Nagar in Siddipet district, were allegedly transporting the consignment from Malkangiri to Siddipet.
At a Kurnool Narcotics Coordination Centre meeting, police said they had seized 1.5 kg of ganja in taluka limits and another 1.5 kg during an excise operation under Operation Trishul. Three drug cases were registered this month; a separate 20 gram MDMA seizure in Veldurthi was also reported.
Government Railway Police seized 16 kg of ganja from an abandoned bag on an express train at Katpadi railway station in Vellore. Two commuters fled when officers checked the train under Operation Narcos, and GRP Katpadi registered a case.
