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Man arrested for peddling narcotic tablets

Man arrested for peddling narcotic tablets

A Selvaraj / Jun 05, 2026, 00:00 IST

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Man arrested for peddling narcotic tablets

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Chennai: Police arrested a 29-year-old man, Aleem Joshua alias Seeman, on Wednesday for supplying narcotic tablets and seized 700 tablets from him. The man was an associate of a history-sheeter, Shankar Bhai, who was earlier arrested at Ayanavaram.Acting on a tip off, police had arrested Shankar Bhai, 29, of East Ayanavaram. A total of 100 narcotic painkiller tablets and 1.5kg of ganja were recovered from him. Police said Shankar had 15 criminal cases, including a murder case, pending against him.Further questioning revealed that Shankar was working with Seeman, of Sivalingam Street, Ayanavaram. After learning of Shankar’s arrest, Seeman went into hiding. However, a special police team traced him to Ponnur village near Vandavasi and arrested him on Wednesday night. Police seized 700 narcotic tablets from him and brought him to Chennai for further interrogation.During the inquiry, investigators found that Seeman was procuring the tablets from Mumbai using money provided by Shankar. Police said he purchased each tablet for ₹100-150 and sold them in Chennai for ₹300-350.

About the AuthorA Selvaraj

Selvaraj Arunachalam, widely known as Crime Selvaraj, is a veteran journalist with over 31 years of experience in crime reporting across leading Tamil and English newspapers. He has covered historic events, including the deaths of former Tamil Nadu Chief Ministers Jayalalithaa and M. Karunanidhi, the IPL betting scam, and the Kanchi Seer Sankararaman murder case. A familiar face in the digital space, he has given more than 500 interviews across 30 YouTube channels, with millions of views on social media. He has also featured in international documentaries on Netflix and Bloomberg, speaking on high-profile cases such as idol smuggler Subhash Kapoor and conman Sukesh Chandrasekar. Beyond journalism, he has acted in three films including the Tamil movie DNA, trained over 200 budding journalists, directed short films, and authored the English crime-poetry collection Chilled Love. His contributions have earned him the TOI Scribe Award and the Humanitarian Award from former Governor Dr. Tamilisai Soundararajan.

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