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|date=2022-02-03
|category=Trafficking
|title=Bid to smuggle 500 kg ganja into Sri Lanka under poultry feed busted in India; six arrested
|summary=Nagapattinam Police seized approximately 500 kg of cannabis (250 packets of ~2 kg each) concealed under poultry feed in a pickup truck. The consignment originated in Andhra Pradesh and was transported via Tiruvannamalai to Nagapattinam, destined for Akkaraipettai for onward sea smuggling to Sri Lanka by fishing boat. Six suspects were arrested: G. Chandrasekar (49, Velipalayam) driving the lead car; P. Srirangeswaran (26, Muthupettai, Tiruvarur) driving the second car with G. Manivasakam and K. Alexpanidyan (37, Theni); M. Umapathi (32, Arani, Tiruvannamalai) driving the pickup truck; and fisherman S. Singaravel (44, Akkaraipettai) whose boat was to be used for the crossing. The two-car convoy piloted the pickup truck, which passed multiple checkpoints undetected disguised as a poultry feed delivery. Nagapattinam SP G. Jawahar warned suspects would be booked under the Goondas Act.
|source=https://www.dailymirror.lk/breaking_news/Bid-to-smuggle-500-kg-ganja-into-Sri-Lanka-under-poultry-feed-busted-in-India-six-arrested/108-230428
|country=India
|admin1=Tamil Nadu
|admin2=Nagapattinam District
|locality=Nagapattinam
|coordinates=10.77, 79.84
|agency=Nagapattinam Police
}}