21 kg of ganja smuggled from Odisha seized, six held in Neyveli

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FIle photograph  of Superintendent of Police S. Jeyakumar

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The Neyveli constabulary seized 21 kgs of ganja and arrested six peddlers including a pistillate successful this transportation connected Saturday.

According to Superintendent of Police S. Jeyakumar, pursuing a tip-off connected the merchantability of ganja, a squad was connected patrol adjacent the Arch gross successful Neyveli erstwhile they recovered 2 persons moving nether suspicious circumstances. The squad nabbed the duo identified arsenic Abilesh Guru, 28 and Alisha, 24 of Odisha.

Investigations by the constabulary revealed that the duo had smuggled the ganja from Odisha for proviso to peddlers here. Based connected the accusation provided by them, the constabulary arrested Kutti Deva alias Vandiyadevan, 24 and Sudhakar, 27 of Neyveli, Chandru alias Ajith, 26 of Kurunjipadi and Jeeva, 25 of Cuddalore.

The six were produced earlier a section tribunal and remanded to custody.

Published - January 25, 2026 01:25 p.m. IST

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