🇮🇳 India
8 reports of cannabis enforcement.
Totals add up only what the reports state; most operations are never reported in numbers.
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Delhi police break courier-based ganja network, arrest three
West Delhi's anti-narcotics squad arrested three men aged 22-25 in Khyala on 25 October, seizing 26.46 kg of Odisha ganja moved by courier in saree, sound-box and RO-purifier cartons. The Bihar-run network used false addresses so couriers would call the boss's own number.
Arrested 3Cannabis 26.5 kg23 kg of hydro weed seized in lamps shipment at Delhi cargo
Delhi Customs found 23.2 kg of hydroponic marijuana vacuum-packed inside a wooden pallet beneath a Bangkok lamps consignment on 21-22 October. One person was arrested; the seizure follows a 148.7 kg bust on 15 October, with 172 kg held across the investigation.
Arrested 1Cannabis 23.2 kg592 acres of cannabis destroyed in Himachal's Parvati Valley
Narcotics, border and state police with forest staff destroyed cannabis across about 592 acres (240 hectares) of high forest in Kullu's Parvati Valley over two months. Plants were cut down on the spot at 2,100 to 3,050 metres, with photos and GPS locations recorded.
Hectares 239.6NCB begins destroying illegal cannabis fields in Kullu
On 25 September 2026 the NCB, ITBP, Himachal Pradesh Police and Forest Department began a month-long drive to destroy illegal cannabis cultivation in remote parts of Kullu. The teams geo-tag and film the plots and the Forest Department issues destruction certificates; the NCB said legal action would follow against those responsible.
DRI seizes 740 kg of cannabis and charas in a fortnight of raids
Between late August and 9 September 2026 the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence seized about 740 kg of cannabis and charas in eight operations and arrested 13 people. The largest haul was 375.95 kg of ganja from two trucks near Raipur; officers also found 140.5 kg near Patna, 69 kg near Ludhiana and 5 kg of charas smuggled from Nepal.
Odisha police destroyed cannabis on 36,500 acres in one season
In the 2025–26 growing season, police in six districts of Odisha destroyed cannabis on 36,508 acres (about 14,775 hectares) in 1,631 mapped plots. The state now tells revenue officials to watch the same land as the next season starts.
Hectares 14,775India's narcotics bureau reports 634 tonnes of cannabis seized
The Narcotics Control Bureau's annual report for 2025 counted 633.59 tonnes of cannabis seized, about half of all drugs by weight, up from 540.8 tonnes in 2024 but below the 816.9 tonnes of 2021.
Kerala High Court says cannabis in pots is still cultivation
On 4 November 2025 the Kerala High Court refused to quash a prosecution against a man who grew five cannabis plants in pots on a rented terrace in Thiruvananthapuram. The court held that ‘cannabis plant’ means any plant of the genus, whether or not it bears flowering tops, and that growing it in a pot is cultivation under sections 8(b) and 20(a).
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