Police seized 48.91 kg of ganja in two separate cases at Ramji Nagar and Tiruverumbur here on Friday and arrested four persons on the charge of possessing the contraband for sale.
The Ramji Nagar police, acting on a tip-off, arrested P. Nataraj, 47, from Karnataka, and A. Dharanikumar Dass, 23, from Jharkhand, after finding them in possession of ganja near a railway gate at Aruvakudi.
The police seized 25.62 kg of ganja, valued at ₹12.81 lakh, along with two mobile phones, police sources said.
In another incident, Tiruverumbur police seized 23.29 kg of ganja near Kattur and arrested S. Prabhu, 32, from Salem, and K. Kumaran, 55, from Karnataka. Two mobile phones were also seized in the operation. The seized ganja was valued at ₹11.75 lakh.
Cases have been registered against all four accused under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act.
Police said the ganja had allegedly been smuggled from Odisha by Ransi Layak alias Kumar and that efforts were under way to trace and arrest him.
Published - October 24, 2026 10:17 pm IST