Five arrested for peddling ganja in Chennai

CHENNAI: Police on Friday and Saturday arrested five, including college students, for possession of and peddling ganja. Officers said three men picked up from MGR Nagar on Friday were involved in a racket operating in Virugambakkam and Neelankarai and seized about 5kg of the contraband and two bikes.
Police identified the accused as Bhaskar of Maduravoyal, C Sathish, 20, of Nesapakkam, a college student, and K Muthupandi, 23, of Nesapakkam, a food delivery boy. The team first caught Muthupandi and on investigation found that Bhaskar had smuggled liquor and ganja from Vellore and gave them to Muthupandi and Sathish to sell. Police seized at least 380g of ganja and 10 liquor bottles from them.
An investigating officer said the men packed the liquor and ganja like it was takeaway food and delivered the contraband to those who would place orders over phone.
Late on Saturday night, the Neelankarai police secured two men who were heading for a friend’s birthday party on a two-wheeler. A search of the vehicle led to the seizure of 36 sachets of ganja each weighing about 10g. The men were identified as V Hemanth, 26, of Vettuvankani, an LLB student, and C Sathish, 28, an employee at a private bank in T Nagar. The bike and ?8,000 were also seized.
A prohibition enforcement team from T Nagar nabbed a man in Virugambakkam and seized 1.1kg ganja. The accused C Sakthivel, 20, of Ambattur was secured near Chinmaya Nagar bridge on Friday evening based on a tip and handed over to the Virugambakkam police. A court sent all five arrested to jail.