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The Hindu
30-05-2025
- The Hindu
Five men sentenced to 10 years in prison for drug trafficking
A Special Court here has convicted and sentenced five persons to 10 years in prison for drug trafficking. According to Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), on January 8, 2019, its officer in Chennai intercepted two vehicles, one of which was a pilot and the other carrying a contraband, at Karanodai Toll Plaza, Chennai, and recovered a total of 107.2 Kg ganja from the possession of five individuals - Eswaran, Jayaprabhu who were the masterminds, Jayachandran (middleman), Surulivel and Ramesh (carriers). The contraband under recovery had been sourced by the accused from the Andhra-Odisha border region and was intended to be smuggled out to Sri Lanka. They were booked under the provisions of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act. Five persons were remanded to judicial custody and tried before 1st Additional Special Court for NDPS Act Cases. On Thursday, the court convicted all five accused in the case and sentenced each to rigorous imprisonment for 10 years, in addition to imposing a fine of ₹1,00,000 on each.
New Indian Express
23-04-2025
- New Indian Express
Five sentenced to 12 years in jail in Dindigul ganja smuggling case
MADURAI: The 1st Additional Special Court for NDPS Act cases in Madurai awarded 12 years rigorous imprisonment to five people for smuggling 215 kg of ganja in Dindigul in 2019. The accused were identified as M Bose (68), his son Manimaran (40), S Nagarajan (36), S Selvi (46) and S Murugan (44). The prosecution alleged that the above five people had planned to buy ganja at a low rate and sell it for a higher price. They bought 215 kg ganja from Bose's relatives and brought it to his home in two-wheelers, where they had reportedly made small parcels from the ganja to sell it in other districts. On December 6, 2017, the Dindigul Taluk police, based on a tip off, inspected Bose's house and found the parcels in a shed in front of his house. The five were arrested and the ganja parcels were seized. Three others, including Bose's relatives A Ravi and his brother Gubendran, were also arrested. 1st Additional Special Judge A S Hariharakumar found all the five individuals guilty and sentenced them to 12 years rigorous imprisonment along with a fine of Rs 1 lakh. However, Ravi, Gubendran and their associate C Siva were acquitted from the case due to lack of evidence. Meanwhile, in a separate case, the judge convicted and sentenced a history sheeter A Karthick (27) to 10 years RI with Rs 1 lakh fine for smuggling 225 kg ganja in Madurai in July 2017. Three others, including his father P Ayyampillai, who was recently convicted by the court in an identical case, were acquitted.
