The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) and the Narcotic Intelligence Bureau-CID (NIB-CID) in the city and its outskirts seized 525 kg of ganja in two separate incidents over two days.
The NIB-CID on Thursday arrested Jeya alias Jeyanila, 55, Sivakumar, 33, and Kaliammal, 60, with 110 kg of ganja worth ₹5.5 lakh at the Central Railway station. They were bound for Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh.
Based on a tip-off, the NCB team from Chennai intercepted a car in Periyapalayam on Friday coming from Andhra Pradesh and confiscated 425 kg of ganja and arrested Babu, 31, of Usilampatti in Madurai.