State Excise Department (India)
🇮🇳 India · Regulator · 55 reports
- People arrested
- 195
- Plants destroyed
- 481,920
- Cannabis seized
- 521.17 t
Totals of what these reports state; a report counts when a source it cites names the agency.
Excise STF arrests man selling ganja on a bike in Kukatpally, seizes 530 g
A State Task Force team of the Telangana Excise Department arrested a 25-year-old man selling ganja from a motorbike in Balaji Nagar, Kukatpally, in Hyderabad. Officers seized 530 grams of ganja and his two-wheeler and handed them to Balanagar Excise Station.
Arrested 1Cannabis 530 gVehicles confiscated 158 g of OG Kush seized from alleged dealer's car in Quthbullapur
A district task force team in Quthbullapur, Hyderabad, detained a man accused of selling drugs from his car and recovered 58 grams of OG Kush, along with small amounts of MDMA and LSD. The car and mobile phones were seized and the man was handed to Quthbullapur Excise police.
Arrested 1Cannabis 58 gVehicles confiscated 1RPF finds 37.7 kg of ganja in jaggery sacks on Vivek Express at Aluva
Railway Protection Force officers found four unclaimed sacks of ganja, weighing 37.7 kg and valued at about 19 lakh rupees, in a general coach of the Vivek Express at Aluva railway station in Kerala on 5 November 2026. No one was arrested, and the cannabis was handed to the Aluva Excise Department for investigation.
Cannabis 37.7 kgExcise arrests Bihar man with 956 g of ganja at Kallakal venture
Telangana Excise District Task Force officers arrested 22-year-old Jyothish Kumar, from Bihar, and seized 956 grams of dry ganja during surprise checks at KLR Green Venture in Kallakal village, Manoharabad mandal, Medak district. Circle inspector J. Gopal said the cannabis would fetch about Rs 60,000 on the open market, and the man and the ganja were handed to the Narsapur excise circle office.
Arrested 1Cannabis 956 g48-year-old woman arrested in Hyderabad after year-long search
Telangana’s EAGLE Force arrested 48-year-old Kalapathi Neethu Bai in Asif Nagar, Hyderabad, on 5 November 2026, after she had been absconding for more than a year. Officers found no narcotic substances on her but seized ₹1 lakh in cash; she was linked to an alleged marijuana distribution network across Hyderabad and Cyberabad.
Arrested 1Youth held with 1 kg of ganja in Kollam coastal check
Kerala Excise officers detained 25-year-old Sufiyan of Eravipuram in Kollam's coastal area and seized one kilogram of cannabis. Excise said the cannabis was brought from another state for retail sale in small quantities.
Arrested 1Cannabis 1 kgThree arrested with 3.323 kg ganja in Medchal
Telangana Excise STF arrested three men near Gundlapochampally in Medchal district and seized three packets containing 3.323 kg of ganja. The accused and the seized contraband were handed to Medchal Excise Station while the source of the ganja is investigated.
Arrested 3Cannabis 3.323 kgMan, 50, held with 700g ganja in Sehore field
Kotwali police arrested 50-year-old Champalal Yadav in a field on Badnagar Road in Sehore, seizing 700 grams of ganja valued at about 6,000 rupees. A case under sections 8 and 20 of the NDPS Act was registered, and police say Yadav is a habitual offender being questioned about his source and network.
Arrested 1Charged 1Cannabis 700 g1.4 kg cannabis seized in Mahabubabad excise raids
Excise officials seized 1.4 kg of dried cannabis hidden beside a railway track in Mahabubabad district during checks around the railway station and Kuravi Gate. The same operation raided Kuravi villages over illicit liquor, arresting three people in those liquor cases.
Arrested 3Cannabis 1.4 kg62 ganja plants seized in Adilabad cotton field, farmer booked
Excise and task-force officers seized 62 cannabis plants grown as an intercrop in a cotton and kandi field at Kolamguda in Adilabad district. Farmer Kodapa Jyotiram was booked over the cultivation and produced in court.
Charged 1Plants destroyed 62Three arrested for beating man who reported cannabis sales to excise in Kannur
Kerala police arrested three men accused of abducting and beating A K Muhammed Musthafa, 46, because they believed he had told the excise department about cannabis sales. Officers said Vijil, who had recently left jail after three months in a drug case, led the 2 November attack in Pappinisseri, Kannur district.
Arrested 319-year-old held with 6 grams of ganja in Thodupuzha
Excise officers arrested 19-year-old Muhammed Yaseen in Thodupuzha's Kumbamkallu Matte Colony area with six grams of dried cannabis. The Monday inspection was led by Thodupuzha Range Excise Inspector Lijo Umman and his party.
Arrested 1Cannabis 6 gMan arrested with 318 g hashish oil in Kozhikode
Kozhikode excise officers arrested 23-year-old Ananthu at Karapparamba on 2 November 2026 after finding 318 grams of hashish oil stored in his house. Officials said the stock was meant for retail sale and registered a case under the NDPS Act.
Arrested 1Cannabis 318 gMan held with 1.1 kg ganja in Hyderabad's Balanagar
Balanagar Excise officials arrested Bollaram resident S. Srikanth after recovering 1.1 kg of ganja from his possession during checks. A case was registered at the Balanagar Excise Police Station as excise teams continue surveillance against ganja sale and possession.
Arrested 1Cannabis 1.1 kgMan held with 420 g hashish oil in Palakkad bus check
Kerala Excise officers arrested 31-year-old Ananthu Bhaskar at Pambampallam toll plaza in Palakkad with 420.692 grams of hashish oil and a small amount of methamphetamine. He was booked under the NDPS Act following an Operation Thunder vehicle check of bus traffic.
Arrested 1Cannabis 420.692 gTwo held with 1.97 kg ganja and 2.26 kg bhang in Balrampur
Police in Balrampur, Uttar Pradesh arrested Sandeep Sharma and Nankau Singh in separate actions, seizing 1.966 kg of ganja and 2.264 kg of bhang. The district police chief suspended two constables for negligence and ordered inquiries against two sub-inspectors.
Arrested 2Cannabis 4.23 kgOne held with 25 kg of ganja near Malipetta in Koraput
Excise staff seized about 25 kg of ganja from a two-wheeler near Malipetta village in Similiguda during Sunday-morning checks. Sheikh Nazir of Jagannath Pur, Jeypore, was arrested and sent to court.
Arrested 1Cannabis 25 kgTwo men get six years each for smuggling 2.1 kg of cannabis in Manjeri
A Manjeri NDPS court sentenced Muhammad Ashif, 30, and Aneesh, 34, to six years' rigorous imprisonment each and a fine of 25,000 rupees each for smuggling 2.1 kg of cannabis in a car. Excise officers arrested the pair on the Manjeri Rajiv Gandhi bypass road on 24 April 2018 with cannabis they said was brought from Mysore for sale in and around Manjeri.
Arrested 2Charged 2Cannabis 2.1 kgPrison 6 yearsTwo held with 5.55 kg of ganja in Muzaffarnagar
Muzaffarnagar's City Kotwali police arrested Abdul Mannan and Javed alias Allu near the Kali Nadi bridge on 31 October 2026, seizing 5.55 kg of ganja worth about Rs 2.75 lakh. Police are tracing the pair's supply network, and Javed was already facing several excise and Arms Act cases.
Arrested 2Cannabis 5.55 kgMan, wife and mother arrested in Moradabad with 4.375 kg of charas
Majhola police in Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh, arrested Kanta Prasad, his wife Kavita Saini and his mother Rani Saini at their house on 31 October 2026 and seized 4.375 kg of charas and 14.59 g of smack. Police said Prasad took orders on WhatsApp and his wife and mother delivered the drugs; all three were produced in court and sent to jail after a case was registered under the NDPS Act.
Arrested 3Cannabis 4.375 kgWoman arrested with 1.046 kg of charas in Moradabad's Kanth
Kanth police arrested a woman named Mithilesh with 1.046 kg of charas at Ashapur Bhatu colony in Mukhtyarpur Nawada, Moradabad district, after a tip that she was selling the resin. Police registered a case under the NDPS Act and produced her in court; no court outcome is reported.
Arrested 1Cannabis 1.046 kgPolice search 52 blocks of Khammam's KCR Towers, arrest 14 over ganja
Police searched every home in the 52 blocks of the KCR Towers housing colony at Tekulapalli, Khammam, on 31 October 2026 after reports of ganja smoking, with 286 officers deployed according to Kalam Daily. They identified two sellers and 12 people smoking ganja, seized 50 grams of dried ganja and took away 62 motorcycles and five autorickshaws without papers; CK News reported 14 arrests.
Arrested 14Cannabis 50 gHR professional among three held with 7 kg ganja in Hyderabad
Excise police in Hyderabad arrested three friends at Gaganpahad in Rajendranagar on 31 October 2026 and seized seven kilograms of ganja, a car and mobile phones. Officials said one of the men, an HR professional from Bengaluru, financed the trip to the Araku region, where they bought the ganja at Rs 5,000 a kilogram to sell at Rs 50,000 a kilogram.
Arrested 3Cannabis 7 kgWoman held with 72 kg of ganja in Lakhisarai raid
Excise police raided Mohaddinagar village in Lakhisarai, Bihar, seizing 72 kg of ganja and a litre of distilled mahua liquor and arresting resident Rinku Devi. Three more men were arrested for drinking at Thana Chowk, and all four detainees were sent to judicial custody.
Arrested 4Cannabis 72 kgPuranpur man arrested with 2.06 kg of ganja under cover of father's bhang licence
Police in Puranpur, in Uttar Pradesh's Pilibhit district, arrested 24-year-old Shivam alias Mithu on Friday 30 October 2026 with 2.060 kg of ganja, which they say he sold under cover of his father's licensed bhang shop. A case was registered under the NDPS Act, he was sent to jail, and police asked the excise department to cancel the shop's licence.
Arrested 1Charged 1Cannabis 2.06 kg108 students caught at Chevella farmhouse; 15g ganja seized
Police and the Special Operations Team raided LG Farmhouse in Kammeta, Chevella, on 30 October 2026 and caught 108 ICFAI and IBS students drinking without permission. Four tested positive for cannabis, and officers seized 15 grams of ganja, vehicles and phones.
Arrested 108Cannabis 15 gMedak excise arrest man with 4.1 kg of ganja
Excise officers near Pedda Shankarampet in Medak arrested 25-year-old Vaidya Praveen and seized 4.1 kg of ganja from his motorcycle. Officials valued the cannabis at ₹2.5 lakh and sent him to the Narayankhed Excise Station.
Arrested 1Cannabis 4.1 kgAhraura police arrest ₹25,000 reward suspect with 10.1 kg of ganja
Ahraura police in Uttar Pradesh's Mirzapur district arrested Viresh Kumar Mahto, a ganja smuggler for whom a ₹25,000 reward had been offered, on 30 October 2026 and seized 10.1 kg of cannabis and ₹11,000 in sale proceeds. Police said he was wanted in two NDPS cases at Madihan police station and had seven cases registered in several districts.
Arrested 1Cannabis 10.1 kgTwo held with 6.2 kg of ganja in Hyderabad's Dhoolpet
Dhoolpet excise police arrested Suresh Singh, alias Tinku Singh, and Pramod More and seized 6.2 kg of ganja that the pair allegedly brought from Odisha to sell in Hyderabad. Officers also took Rs 10,000 in cash, three mobile phones and an electric scooter, valuing the seizure at about Rs 3.5 lakh.
Arrested 2Cannabis 6.2 kgFather and son sent to jail over 100 g charas at Bareilly outpost
Police in Bareilly detained a father and son after raiding a roadside kiosk outside the Hardaspur police outpost on 29 October 2026, seizing about 100 g of charas and some illegal liquor. Both were produced in court the next day and sent to jail after a case was registered against them under the NDPS Act and the Excise Act.
Arrested 2Cannabis 100 gKerala excise arrests Hapur man with 872 g of ganja toffees
Kerala Excise Department officers arrested a 31-year-old Hapur man known as Pintu in Kozhikode after finding 872 grams of ganja-laced toffees hidden in a secret box under his scooter seat. Hapur police, who have not received his full address from Kerala, are checking his record and whether associates are running a trafficking network in the district.
Arrested 1Cannabis 872 g8 held with 5.1 kg ganja in North East Delhi crackdown
Delhi Police arrested eight people and seized 5.098 kg of ganja during the 10-day 'shuddh prahar' crackdown in North East Delhi from 20 to 29 October 2026. The cannabis cases were part of a wider drive in which police reported 569 arrests in various criminal cases.
Arrested 8Cannabis 5.098 kgKerala excise arrests man with 1.3 kg of cannabis on scooter in Kanhangad
Kerala excise officers arrested 30-year-old M J Shamsheer on the road from Kanhangad railway station to the bus stand on 29 October 2026, finding 1.3 kg of cannabis in his scooter. He was arrested under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act after telling officers he was taking the drug to sell.
Arrested 1Cannabis 1.3 kgPratapgarh police arrest two men with 240 g of ganja in Trinetra patrol
Kotwali police in Pratapgarh, Rajasthan, seized 240 grams of ganja from Karim Khan, 33, during a patrol under Operation Trinetra and arrested him; a second man, Peeria Meena, 38, was arrested after Khan named him as his supplier. A case was registered under the NDPS Act and police said further investigation was continuing.
Arrested 2Cannabis 240 gTwo arrested as excise team finds 100 kg of ganja in Kalahandi
Excise officers at Kesinga in Kalahandi district stopped an auto-rickshaw near the Palam toll gate on 27 October 2026 and found 100 kg of ganja. They arrested the two men inside and seized a pistol, five live rounds, the vehicle and a mobile phone; both were produced in court the next day.
Arrested 2Cannabis 100 kgTwo arrested in Lalsot with 270 grams of ganja
Lalsot police arrested two people in Chandsen village's Sansi settlement and seized 270 grams of ganja. A separate liquor seizure was booked under the excise law; no court outcome was reported.
Arrested 2Cannabis 270 gSix held as 199 acres of cannabis cleared across Kandhamal
A joint police, excise, revenue and forest drive destroyed about 199 acres of cannabis at six locations across Kandhamal district on 24 October 2026, using drones to find hidden plots. Six growers were arrested; interstate syndicate links are under investigation.
Arrested 6Area 80.5 ha52,000 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 52,000120 kg seized after car rams excise vehicle
A joint Athagad-Banki excise team acting on a tip-off tried to stop a cannabis-loaded car near Nuasadak Chhak, Tigiria, on 11 October 2026. The car rammed the excise vehicle and fled toward Athagarh before crashing into a barrier at Marugoth Chhak; the smugglers escaped to the forest, abandoning 120 kg of ganja worth Rs 12 lakh.
Cannabis 120 kgFive quintals of ganja seized at Bhawanipatna courier warehouse
Kalahandi excise officials seized about five quintals of cannabis packed in fish ice boxes at an online courier warehouse in Bhawanipatna on 27 September 2026. The warehouse manager was arrested and produced in court.
Arrested 1Cannabis 500 kg292 ganja plants seized inside BRT Tiger Reserve forest
Excise and forest officials seized 292 ganja plants weighing 213 kg grown inside the BRT Tiger Reserve on 26 September 2026. Cases were registered against five residents of a Hanur hamlet.
Charged 5Plants destroyed 292Cannabis 213 kgExcise burns 1,566 cannabis plants near Kadugumanna
Kerala excise and forest staff destroyed 1,566 fully grown cannabis plants in six plantations about four kilometres inside forest near Kadugumanna in Attappady. Mathrubhumi places the plots on Achchanvettumala in Padavayal village and calls the work Operation Thandari. No cultivator was identified.
Plants destroyed 1,566J&K Police and Excise Department uproot wild cannabis at Lar and Wandhama
J&K Police in Ganderbal and the Excise Department conducted a joint wild-cannabis destruction drive at Lar, Wandhama and adjoining areas on 27 August 2026, identifying, uprooting and destroying wild plants along roadsides and at other locations.
5,200 cannabis plants destroyed near Sunajhari, Keonjhar
On 10 January 2026 a joint forest, excise and police squad destroyed about 5,200 nearly mature cannabis plants at eight sites near Sunajhari village in Keonjhar's Banspal block. The divisional forest officer put the destroyed crop at about Rs 1.2 crore; no one was arrested.
Plants destroyed 5,20042 acres of cannabis burned in Kandhamal under Operation Green
Under Operation Green Mission, police, excise and revenue teams in Kandhamal district, Odisha, cut down and burned illegal cannabis across about 42 acres near Kalibira, Dami and Ratang villages in Phiringia on a drive reported on 5 January 2026. Authorities valued the crop at nearly Rs 40 lakh; no arrests were reported.
Area 17 haRaikia teams destroy more than 100,000 cannabis plants in Naudimahao
Raikia Police, the Phulbani Excise Department and Forest Department teams destroyed more than 100,000 cannabis plants across a 25-acre forest plantation in Naudimahao, Kandhamal, Odisha, in December 2025. The reported crop value was about INR20 million.
Plants destroyed 100,000Area 10.1 haTwo held near Secunderabad hotel with 16 kg of ganja from Odisha
Telangana Excise officers arrested two Odisha men near Alpha Hotel in Secunderabad with over 16 kg of ganja said to be worth Rs 8 lakh. The pair had brought the drug by train from Odisha for delivery to Mumbai-bound buyers and were handed to the Secunderabad excise station.
Arrested 2Cannabis 16 kgHabitual Hyderabad ganja peddler Angoori Bai arrested, 1.5 kg seized
Excise officers arrested Aruna Bai, alias Angoori Bai, a ganja peddler with more than a decade of cases behind her, in Hyderabad's Karwan area during Operation Dhoolpet. About 1.5 kg of dry ganja was seized and she was arrested in Dhoolpet's drive to clear the area of the trade, in which officers booked 69 cases and arrested more than 110 people in two months.
Arrested 11.64 lakh ganja plants destroyed in Gajapati forests
Police and Excise, Forest and Revenue officers destroyed about 1.64 lakh ganja plants grown illegally on forest land in the Raipanka panchayat of Gajapati district, Odisha, in an Operation Green Clean drive reported on 1 December 2024. The authorities valued the destroyed crop at about Rs 17 crore and deployed seven platoons of armed police for the operation.
Plants destroyed 164,000Area 33.2 haOver 80,000 cannabis plants destroyed in three Tripura operations
Tripura Police and BSF teams destroyed more than 80,000 cannabis plants in three operations across Unakoti and Sepahijala districts on 18 December 2023. Police burned 20,000 mature plants in a forest reserve, while two BSF-led drives cleared 15 and 18 acres (6.1 and 7.3 hectares).
Plants destroyed 80,000Area 13.4 haOdisha police destroy record 220 tonnes of seized ganja
Odisha police said they had destroyed a record 220 tonnes of seized ganja in 1,434 cases over the previous year, plus more than 78 kg of brown sugar and heroin, after court certification under the NDPS Act.
Cannabis 220 tOne arrested in Aizawl with 22 kg of ganja from Myanmar
Mizoram Excise and Narcotics officials seized over 21.98 kg of ganja in Aizawl and arrested one person from Selam village in Champhai district for allegedly smuggling it from Myanmar. The accused was booked under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985.
Arrested 1Charged 1Cannabis 21.98 kgPolice destroy 20,000 cannabis plants in Orissa's Rayagada
Police and excise officers raided several villages in Orissa's Rayagada district and uprooted about 20,000 illegally grown cannabis plants worth about Rs 20 million, in the presence of a magistrate. Officers suspected Maoists were behind the forest cultivation.
Plants destroyed 20,000Police and excise burn 300 tonnes of cannabis across Phiringia villages
A joint police and excise team destroyed nearly 300 tonnes of cannabis plants worth over Rs 50 crore, grown across 20 sq km in 58 villages of Phiringia block in Kandhamal district. Two local sarpanchs were arrested for allegedly patronising the cultivation.
Arrested 2Cannabis 300 tExcise teams destroy 58,800 cannabis plants in Gajapati
Excise and police teams destroyed 58,800 cannabis plants across 40 acres at Murdamulli, Panaguda and Juba in Gajapati's Mohona block, put at Rs 1.5 crore. No growers were present when the squads arrived.
Plants destroyed 58,800Area 16.2 ha