Tamil Nadu police seize 200kg of ganja in Rameswaram
In a major bust, police in Tamil Nadu have seized 200 kilos of ganja worth Rs. 1cr from a cart at Sundaramudayan near Rameswaram. One person, Siddiq Ali of Thondi in Ramanathapuram district, has been arrested. The car being used has also been impounded. The ganja was to be smuggled to Sri Lanka and sold in the international market.
What makes Tamil Nadu vulnerable to drug consumption and smuggling?
Tamil Nadu is well-connected by air, water and road: it has a 1,067km-long coastline, reliable air connectivity with South Asian countries as well as major highways linking it to other regions. Smugglers commonly deal in cannabis, heroin, cocaine, LSD, ketamine, pseudoephedrine and more. Chennai and Coimbatore are key hubs for drug consumption and smuggling; drug use in Tirupur is also growing rapidly.
