Tambaram police seize 12 kg of ganja, arrest five in special drive

Tambaram City Police seized 12 kg of ganja and arrested five persons in separate operations conducted as part of a special drive against narcotic drugs on Friday.

Selaiyur police arrested Manikantan, 28, of Palayamkottai in Tirunelveli district, and Adarsh, 24, of Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, near the MCC flyover at East Tambaram railway station. Police seized 5.3 kg of ganja and a mobile phone from them.

In a separate operation, the Guduvanchery Prohibition Enforcement Wing (PEW) team arrested Manabhanjan Padhi, 47, of Ganjam district in Odisha, at Kamarajapuram Lake Bund. A total of ₹5 kg of ganja, ₹1 lakh in cash, a mobile phone and a scooter were seized from him.