Archive · 6 Jun 2025
Chennai Gang Convicted for Ganja Trafficking
Imagine some people were trying to sneak a lot of weed into a place.
They had two cars: one to check if the police were around and the other to carry the weed.
But the police knew what was happening and set up traps.
They caught everyone!
The police found a big bag of weed in the second car.
The five people involved were arrested and taken to court.
The judge decided they had to go to jail for ten years and pay a fine.
They were all part of a plan to smuggle the weed, and the police put a stop to it.
The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) arrested five men involved in ganja trafficking.
The operation involved two vehicles: one to check for police, and another carrying the drugs.
The NCB intercepted the vehicles near Chennai's outskirts and Athur toll plaza.
A total of 107 kg of ganja was seized from the second vehicle.
The men were sentenced to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment and fined ₹2 lakh each.
- Who
- Five men, Eswaran, Jayachandran, Jayaprabhu, Surulivel and Ramesh, were arrested.
- What
- The men were caught trafficking 107 kg of ganja.
- When
- The men were arrested on January 7th and 8th, 2019, and sentenced on May 29th.
- Where
- The arrests took place near Red Hills and Athur in Chennai.
- Why
- The five men were charged with trafficking ganja and were caught as part of a coordinated smuggling plan.
- Total Ganja Seized
- 107 kg
- Number of People Arrested
- 5
- Sentencing
- 10 years imprisonment, ₹2 lakh fine each
- Date of Arrest
- January 7 and 8, 2019
- Charge
- Trafficking of commercial quantity ganja