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Dating
The New Indian Express published the article on 25 August 2026 and says the NCB "on Monday arrested a Madurai-based couple". The item uses Monday 24 August.
Quantities
The article gives "3 kg of hashish worth around" Rs 75 lakh; the value is the article's figure and is not stored. The totals for the unit since the start of the year, which the article also gives, are not part of this event.
Attribution
The Sri Lanka destination is carried as the article's account: the hashish was "allegedly intended to be trafficked to Sri Lanka". The link between the woman and Angoda Lokka is given as something the inquiry revealed, without naming who made the finding.
Place
The article is datelined Chennai and places the arrest "near the Porur toll plaza". Wikidata lists Porur (Q2229484) in Tiruvallur district (Q15204). The item gives no district.
Map pin
The pin is Wikidata's point for Porur (Q2229484), rounded to two decimals, as an event site. It does not mark the toll plaza.
Related news items
The same page adds a separate report of 14.437 kg of suspected hydroponic ganja from a passenger arriving at Chennai airport from Bangkok "last week". It is a different event and is not recorded in this news item.
These notes were recorded when the news item was prepared. Éloise 02:33, 7 November 2026 (+07)