Four arrested with 236 grams of ganja in Vriddhachalam
Vriddhachalam police arrested four men during night patrols on 3 November 2026 and seized 236 grams of ganja from them in two separate catches. The men were detained near the Manalur railway overbridge and behind the Melapalaiyur paddy procurement centre, and cases were registered.
🇮🇳 Vriddhachalam, Cuddalore district, Tamil Nadu · India
Police in Vriddhachalam arrested four men engaged in selling ganja, the local
term for cannabis, and seized236 grams of it from them.[1]Those held near
the Manalur railway overbridge were 21-year-old Aswinkumar, son of Ayyasamy of
Mukundanallur colony, and 20-year-old Ilayaraja, son of Balasubramanian of Raman
Street, Ramachandranpettai.[1]The other two arrested men were 21-year-old
Ashok, son of Arumugam, and 27-year-old Yogesh, son of Pandian, caught with
cannabis behind the Melapalaiyur direct paddy procurement centre.[1]
Officers recovered 100 grams from Aswinkumar and 120 grams from Ilayaraja,
together 220 grams, while 16 grams were recovered from Ashok and Yogesh, making
up the 236 grams the police reported.[1]Vriddhachalam police registered a
case against the first two men and arrested them.[1]The arrests came during
night patrols on 3 November ordered by Vriddhachalam Deputy Superintendent of
Police Balakrishnan and carried out by Inspector Chandru, Sub-Inspectors Bharath
Nehru and Gandhi and other officers.[1]
A second patrol team under Karuveppilankurichi Sub-Inspector Bhagyaraj made the
Melapalaiyur catch during an evening patrol near the tamarind grove behind the
procurement centre.[2]Police seized the cannabis from Ashok and Yogesh and
are continuing to question them.[2]
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The article was published on 4 November 2026 and says the patrols took place yesterday (Nov 3) night, so 3 November 2026 is used as the incident date.
The article prints the second amount as 120 கஞ்சா without the gram unit; it is read as 120 grams because the three amounts add to the reported 236-gram total.
No charges, court production or further outcome for the four men were reported.
Both opened sources are Dinamalar reports of the same night's patrols; no independent second outlet account was found.
The page's listed images are unrelated sidebar thumbnails, so no photo of this event is included.
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