Number of cases of sale of ganja and banned tobacco substances sees spike in Tiruchi as police launch special drive

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Special drives conducted by constabulary teams of Tiruchi Rural astatine assorted places successful the territory led to a crisp emergence successful the registration of cases pertaining to amerciable merchantability and seizure of ganja and banned baccy substances successful 2025. There was a three-fold emergence successful the seizure of ganja successful 2025 arsenic compared to the erstwhile year. 

A full fig of 266 cases were booked successful transportation with amerciable merchantability of ganja starring to the apprehension of 347 accused past year. The cases booked successful 2025 were 140% much than what was registered successful 2024. The quantity of ganja seized was 268.36 kg of which 219.19 kg were destroyed.

As galore arsenic 1,437 cases were booked successful transportation with amerciable merchantability of banned baccy substances with the constabulary teams arresting 1,493 accused successful 2025. The quantity of banned baccy substances seized was 6,639.78 kg. 

Highlighting the measures taken by the Tiruchi Rural constabulary successful 2025, a property merchandise said a full fig of 119 accused were detained nether the Goondas Act, including 25 ganja peddlers, 20 anti-socials, 54 spot transgression offenders and 9 POCSO accused.  The fig of accused detained nether the Goondas Act successful 2025 was higher arsenic compared to 2024 erstwhile 23 accused were detained nether the Act. 

As galore arsenic 497 caller history-sheets were opened against those progressive successful anti-social activities successful 2025. Forty-five recently procured motorcycles were deployed for field-level constabulary unit successful each constabulary stations to transportation retired rounds successful their respective jurisdiction during the time and astatine night.  Awareness was created astatine the village-level connected the value of installing surveillance cameras, the merchandise said.

Published - January 09, 2026 08:28 p.m. IST

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