7 kg of ganja seized from fleeing car at Thoothukudi highway checkpost; no arrests
The occupants of a car that sped past a checkpost on the Thoothukudi–Tirunelveli national highway abandoned it near Vasavappapuram and escaped, leaving 7 kilograms of ganja, Rs 4.40 lakh in cash, five mobile phones and two edged weapons inside. Police seized the car and contents and opened a case; no one had been arrested.
🇮🇳 Vasavappapuram, Thoothukudi district, Tamil Nadu · India
Police at the Vasavappapuram checkpost on the Thoothukudi–Tirunelveli national
highway signalled a white car to stop for a vehicle check on the night of 6
November 2026.[1]The car did not stop; it had followed a container lorry past
the post to stay out of the officers’ sight and drove away at speed when police
tried to stop it.[1]The Vasavappapuram team alerted the nearby Seydunganallur
police, whose officers chased the car to round it up.[1]The occupants stopped
the car near the Vasavappapuram pond and ran off before police could catch them.[1]
Seydunganallur police searched the abandoned car and found 7 kilograms of ganja
in packets, Rs 4.40 lakh in cash, five mobile phones, a knife and a sickle.[1]Police had acted on a tip-off that the men were carrying ganja by car from
Meenakshipatti near Thoothukudi.[1]No one had been arrested; Seydunganallur
police registered a case and were investigating who the fleeing men were and
where the consignment came from.[1]
Photos and video
Image published with the Oneindia Tamil report on the 7 kg ganja seizure after police chased the car on the Thoothukudi–Tirunelveli highway.Photo details
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Cannabis
7 kg
Cash confiscated
INR 440,000
Agencies
Vasavappapuram police; Seydunganallur police
Agency type
Police
Cannabis
Herbal cannabis (7 kg)
Activity
Trafficking, Sale
Setting
Vehicle, Street or public place
Charge
ganja trafficking case
Case stage
Under investigation
Region
Tamil Nadu
Sources
Oneindia Tamiltamil.oneindia.comTAஅதிவேகமாக பறந்த காரில் இருந்த கஞ்சா, பணம்.. எஸ்கேப் ஆக முயன்றபோது விரட்டிப் பிடித்த போலீசார்! | High-Speed Chase on Thoothukudi Tirunelveli Highway: 7 Kg of Ganja, ₹4.40 Lakh Seized
Open questions the AI reported
Oneindia Tamil gives no separate date for the check and chase; its report was published on 8 November 2026, and the 6 November date used here comes from TutyOnline's publication date and its reference to the chase happening the previous night.
No one was arrested, and the number of people in the car is not stated.
The 7 kilograms is described as ganja in packets, with no laboratory confirmation or value estimate reported.
No charges, arrests or court stage were reported when the accounts were published.
TutyOnline gives the cash as Rs 4 lakh while Oneindia Tamil gives Rs 4.40 lakh; the Oneindia figure is used and the cost of the car is not counted as cash.
The Oneindia page image is an uncaptioned image published with the report, and no caption confirms it shows the seized ganja, cash or car.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in TutyOnline: The same officers seized the car along with the ganja, cash and weapons.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in TutyOnline: TutyOnline reported that the fleeing men were still being hunted when it published its account.
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