Anti-Narcotics Force (India, state units)
🇮🇳 India · Anti-narcotics agency · 21 reports
- People arrested
- 41
- Plants destroyed
- 198,437
- Cannabis seized
- 5.51397 t
Totals of what these reports state; a report counts when a source it cites names the agency.
19-year-old held with 1.11 kg of charas on Dehradun's Johri Road
Rajpur police and Uttarakhand's Anti Narcotics Task Force arrested 19-year-old Ashad, also known as Shubhan Khan, with 1 kg 110 g of charas near an old shrine on Johri Road, Dehradun, on the night of 4 November 2026. Police said he bought the resin from a Rispana bridge trafficker to sell locally and had served jail time in earlier drug cases.
Arrested 1Cannabis 1.11 kg1,760 kg of seized ganja destroyed in Chengalpattu in one-day drive
Tamil Nadu Police destroyed 1,760 kg of ganja seized in various cases at an authorised facility at Thenmelpakkam in Chengalpattu district on 3 November 2026. The disposal, ordered under a one-day statewide anti-drug operation, was attended by senior crime-branch, anti-narcotics and forensic officers.
Cannabis 1.76 tMan from Himachal held with 1.02 kg charas in Tehri
Tehri police arrested a Himachal Pradesh youth in Muni Ki Reti with 1.020 kg of illegal charas valued at about Rs 2.5 lakh. Police also seized the scooty allegedly used for smuggling in an action ordered by SSP Shweta Choube.
Arrested 1Cannabis 1.02 kgTwo jailed 10 years each for 1.188 kg charas in Mandi
A special NDPS court in Mandi sentenced Kahan Singh and Nagendra to ten years' rigorous imprisonment each for carrying 1.188 kg of charas near Syuri bridge in Jogindernagar. Each was also fined Rs 1 lakh, with an extra year in jail if the fine is not paid.
Arrested 2Charged 2Cannabis 1.188 kgPrison 10 yearsTwo arrested as Jabalpur police find 871 kg of ganja among paint cans
Jabalpur police and a team from Uttar Pradesh's narcotics wing stopped a container near the Mohtra toll plaza in Gosalpur early on 31 October 2026 and found 871.095 kg of ganja in 28 sacks hidden among 412 paint cans. Two men were arrested; police valued the consignment at ₹4.35 crore and said it was being taken from Odisha to Maihar.
Arrested 2Cannabis 871.095 kgFive held with 97 kg of cannabis near PN College in Khurda
Odisha's anti-narcotics task force arrested five men and seized about 97 kg of cannabis, valued at Rs 49 lakh, from two cars near PN College in Khurda on 31 October 2026. Police described the Solapur man among them as the alleged kingpin of a network moving cannabis from Kandhamal district to Maharashtra.
Arrested 5Cannabis 97 kgThree arrested with 14.97 kg of ganja at Raipur's Telghani Naka
Raipur police arrested three people, including a woman, near the Telghani Naka overbridge on 28 October 2026 and seized 14.970 kg of ganja that police valued at about ₹7,48,500. Police said the three, two Rajasthan men and a Raipur woman, had brought the cannabis from Odisha to sell in the city and registered a case under section 20(b) of the NDPS Act.
Arrested 3Cannabis 14.97 kgSonbhadra police arrest driver with 60.5 kg of ganja hidden in cashew husks
Police in Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh, arrested Eicher canter driver Rishi Kumar Yadav and seized 60.525 kg of ganja hidden among sacks of cashew husks near Churk Mor on the night of 26 October 2026. Police valued the consignment at about Rs 30.25 lakh, registered an NDPS case, and said Yadav was carrying it from Bhubaneswar, Odisha, to Etah.
Arrested 1Cannabis 60.525 kgSTF nets 90 kg and five in Nimta raid
The STF's Anti-Narcotics Task Force arrested five people in an area under Nimta police station, North 24 Parganas, during Saturday 10 October 2026 raids. About 90 kg of cannabis worth Rs 44.5 lakh was seized with Rs 5 lakh cash and three vehicles; two accused from Odisha allegedly came to supply it.
Arrested 5Cannabis 90 kg22-year-old held with 1.1 kg of charas at Dehradun check post
Uttarakhand's Special Task Force arrested a 22-year-old man with 1.108 kg of charas at the Asharodi check post on the edge of Dehradun on Wednesday 21 October 2026. Police said he had bought the charas in Kasol, Himachal Pradesh, to sell in Dehradun, and registered a case under the NDPS Act at Clement Town police station.
Arrested 1Cannabis 1.108 kg52,000 plants burnt as Boudh launches zero-cultivation mission
Manamunda police uprooted and burnt about 52,000 cannabis plants in the Bhalu Pahad forest near Bagidia village on 14 October 2026, opening the district's Zero Cannabis Cultivation mission. A case was filed against unidentified growers under the NDPS and Forest Acts.
Plants destroyed 52,0001.33 lakh plants destroyed on 57 hectares in Udaipur raid
NCB Jodhpur with the ANTF and Rajasthan Police destroyed about 1.33 lakh cannabis plants over 57 hectares at Mandwa village in Kotra tehsil on 14 October 2026 under Operation Ganjagaveshana. The crop was valued at Rs 199.50 crore; a case was registered at NCB Jodhpur.
Plants destroyed 133,000Area 57 haNCB-ANTF destroy 7,577 ganja plants at Nayavas under Operation Shankar
NCB Jodhpur, Rajasthan ANTF and Rajasthan Police destroyed 7,577 ganja plants grown on about 10 bighas at Nayavas village in Kotda tehsil, Udaipur, on 7 October 2026 under Operation Shankar. Zonal director Ghanshyam Soni said the crop would have yielded about 2,273 kg of ganja worth some Rs 12 crore.
Plants destroyed 7,577Cannabis 2.273 t103 kg ganja seized in two Sarangarh-Bilaigarh interceptions, seven held
Police and the Anti-Narcotics Task Force made two interceptions in Sarangarh-Bilaigarh district on 30 September 2026, recovering 103.11 kg of ganja routed from Odisha to Uttar Pradesh. Seven men were arrested and an eighth suspect absconded; vehicles, phones and goods worth about Rs 89.75 lakh were seized.
Arrested 7Cannabis 103.11 kgJhansi police and ANTF seize 214 kg of ganja near Babina
Jhansi police and the Anti-Narcotics Task Force seized 214 kg of ganja from a Gwalior-bound truck near Nayakheda in Babina on 12 September 2026 and arrested two men. The haul was reported as worth about one crore rupees.
Arrested 2Cannabis 214 kgFive arrested in Gorakhpur with 3.08 kg hydroponic cannabis
Ramgarhtal police with the ANTF and UP ATS arrested five men in Gorakhpur with 3.085 kg of hydroponic OG cannabis that police valued at about Rs 1.40 crore. Police allege the Thailand-sourced consignment was being moved via Delhi to clubs and discos in Gujarat.
Arrested 5Cannabis 3.085 kgGujarat ANTF seizes cannabis from cultivation and a Vinchi home
Gujarat's Anti-Narcotics Task Force searched cultivated land and a home in Vinchi, Poshina, on 17 May 2026, seizing 8.060 kg of green cannabis plants from the land and 4.700 kg of dry cannabis from the residence. Police detained 53-year-old Vinchi resident Makana Gamar and estimated the combined contraband value at ₹638,000.
Arrested 1Cannabis 12.76 kgRajasthan team destroys 5,860 cannabis plants near Delwara
Rajasthan's Anti-Narcotics Task Force and the Narcotics Control Bureau found cannabis concealed among wheat near Delwara and destroyed 5,860 plants during Operation Ganjajuli. Patrika reported that police arrested one man who was preparing packets for sale.
Arrested 1Plants destroyed 5,860Four arrested with 10 kg of cannabis in a cab near Jammu's Nagrota
Jammu's Anti Narcotics Task Force arrested four suspected inter-state smugglers and seized about 10 kg of cannabis, valued at more than Rs 30 lakh, from a cab stopped on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway near Nagrota. Police suspect the cannabis came from Ramban and was bound for Mumbai, and registered an NDPS case.
Arrested 4Cannabis 10 kg10 tonnes of cannabis destroyed across 5 hectares in Meghalaya
A joint police, forest, excise and anti-narcotics team uprooted about 10 tonnes of illegally grown cannabis spread over five hectares at Laitlulong village in Sohiong, East Khasi Hills, on 21 October 2025.
Area 5 haof it destroyed 10 tNCB and Mandi police destroy 20 acres of cannabis, book eight growers
The Narcotics Control Bureau and Mandi police destroyed illicitly cultivated cannabis on 20 acres across remote parts of Mandi district between 26 and 30 October 2003 in the closing leg of Mission Malana-II. Eight people were booked for growing cannabis on private land under Section 20 of the NDPS Act.
Charged 8Area 8.1 ha