Acting on a tip to Thiruvallur Superintendent of Police Sai Praneeth that ganja was being smuggled from the Andhra area through Uthukkottai in Thiruvallur district, police ordered action by the concerned station.[1][2] Led by Uthukkottai special sub-inspector Sekar, officers stopped a two-wheeler for inspection at the Nagalapuram checkpost on Monday night.[1] The riders gave contradictory answers, prompting officers to inspect the bag they were carrying and find ganja inside.[1][3][2]
Questioning identified them as 30-year-old Muthukkalai, son of Karuppasami of Pudukudi village near Paramakudi in Ramanathapuram district, and 32-year-old Karthikeyan, son of Murugesan of Thathakkapatti near Salem.[1][3][2] Uthukkottai police registered a case against both men and arrested them.[1][3] The men were produced before the Uthukkottai court and lodged in Puzhal jail the same day.[3][2] Officers seized 12 kilograms of ganja and the two-wheeler used to carry it.[1][3] Police said the pair had been selling ganja to school and college students and young people in Thiruvallur and its surrounding areas.[2]
Police said the pair had been carrying the ganja on the two-wheeler near Uthukkottai when they were intercepted during the vehicle check.[1]
