Six arrested with 1.2 kg of ganja at a Villupuram lodge
Kottakuppam police searched a private lodging house in Chinnakottakuppam, Villupuram district, on the night of 5 November 2026 and found six people in one room with 1.2 kg of ganja. The six, aged 19 to 25 and mostly from Puducherry, were arrested and a case was registered.
🇮🇳 Chinnakottakuppam, Villupuram district, Tamil Nadu · India
Police in Kottakuppam, Villupuram district, searched a private lodging house in
Chinnakottakuppam on the night of Thursday, 5 November 2026, and found six
people in one room with 1 kg200 g of ganja.[1]The raid followed a tip-off to
the Kottakuppam police station, and Inspector Babu led the officers who carried
it out.[1]
Police registered a case against the six and arrested them, seizing the ganja.[1]The six held are men aged 19 to 25, five from Puducherry addresses in
Muthialpet, Samipillaithottam and Karuvadikuppam, and one from Kilsevarayanpet.[1]
Ganja is the name used in India for cannabis, which police in Tamil Nadu seize
in cases filed under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act.[1]
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Photo published with the report under the headline about the six arrests with 1.2 kg of ganja at the lodge; no photographer or agency credit was given.Photo details
Only one account of this raid could be opened; a second outlet or the district police statement was not found.
The source gives the raid as the night of Thursday, 5 November 2026, while its own publication date is 6 November 2026.
No legal provision is named, no court outcome is reported, and the source does not say whether the six were lodged at the house or are accused of selling the ganja.
The published photo carries no credit and does not clearly show the six arrested or the seized ganja, so its caption describes only what the page states.
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