Tiruchirappalli police arrested six people for selling ganja, the local term for cannabis, in separate actions across the city.[1] Police said they reached the Srirangam station area after receiving information that ganja was being sold there.[1] In Srirangam, officers arrested 19-year-old Prasad of J J Nagar while he was selling ganja.[1] In areas under the Edamalai Pudur, Ariyamangalam, Kottai and Uraiyur stations, police arrested 50-year-old Arulkumar of Gandhinagar, 43-year-old Madhan of Malaiyappa Nagar, 25-year-old Guru of Chinthamani and 25-year-old Vinodkumar of Gandhi Market Jailpettai for selling ganja.[1] In Ramji Nagar, prohibition enforcement police arrested 30-year-old Syed Ibrahim Shah of Kailasapuram, Thiruverumbur, for selling ganja.[1]
Officers seized 200 grams of ganja from Prasad.[1] Officers seized 146 grams of ganja in total from the other arrested people, bringing the reported ganja seizures in the drive to 346 grams.[1]
The same city roundup also reported separate tobacco-product sales cases in Cantonment, Edamalai Pudur, K K Nagar and Thillai Nagar, which are not counted in the cannabis figures.[1] It also reported separate intoxicant-pill sales cases in Ariyamangalam and Uraiyur, which are likewise excluded here.[1]