Man held with 5.525 kg ganja at Agartala railway station
Railway police arrested 19-year-old Niraj Kumar on platform 1 of Agartala Railway Station on 13 November 2026 and seized 5.525 kg of suspected ganja from his bag. Police valued the haul at about Rs 2.5 lakh and registered an NDPS case against him.
A joint Government Railway Police and Railway Protection Force operation was
launched at Agartala Railway Station on 13 November 2026 on specific
information.[1]Officers apprehended 19-year-old Niraj Kumar on Platform No. 1
on a sitting bench in front of the parking area, between the RPF post and the
pay-and-use toilet, at about 0900 hrs.[1]Kumar was described as a resident of
Kumarditola, Malahbigha in the Makhdumpur police-station area of Jehanabad
district, Bihar.[1]
Officers recovered 05.525 kg of suspected ganja from a pithu bag in his
possession.[1]Police put the black-market value of the seized ganja at
approximately Rs 2.5 lakh.[1]Railway police arrested him and registered
Agartala GRPS Case No. 2026GRP080 under Sections 20(b)(ii)(B)/29 of the NDPS
Act, 1985.[1]
Inspector Raju Bhowmik, officer in charge of Agartala Railway Police Station,
gave details of the operation to the media.[1]He said such operations against
illegal contraband would continue.[1]
Photos and video
The seizure at Agartala Railway Station, in the photo published with the report; no caption or credit was given. Photo: Tripura Star News.Photo details
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Arrested
1
Cannabis
5.525 kg
Value (official estimate)
INR 250,000
Agencies
Government Railway Police (GRP); Railway Protection Force (RPF)
Agency type
Police
Cannabis
Herbal cannabis (5.525 kg)
Charge
Sections 20(b)(ii)(B)/29 of NDPS Act, 1985
Case stage
Under investigation
Region
Tripura
Sources
Tripura Star Newstripurastarnews.comTripura Railway Police Seizes 05.525 Kg Of Cannabis Worth ₹5 Lakh With 1 Drug Peddler In Agartala Railway Station. - TRIPURA STAR NEWS
Open questions the AI reported
The headline values the seizure at Rs 5 lakh while the body estimates approximately Rs 2.5 lakh; the body figure is used in this report.
The substance is described only as suspected ganja, with no laboratory confirmation reported.
Only one accessible source for this event was found after searching in English; no agency release or second outlet account was located.
No court production, charge-sheet or court outcome was reported; the case was at the investigation stage.
Police did not state where the cannabis came from or where it was being taken.
Railway police arrested two men on platform 1 of Agartala Railway Station on 13 November 2026 and seized 24.625 kg of suspected ganja from their bags. Police valued the haul at about Rs 12.5 lakh and registered an NDPS case against them.
Similiguda police seized 120 kg of ganja packed in 17 packets from a number-plate-less car found after an apparent accident at Koraguda junction in Koraput district. No one was arrested, and police said they were searching for the smugglers and investigating where the consignment came from and where it was headed.
Security guards newly posted at the district hospital in Dhamtari, Chhattisgarh, are screening patients and their relatives before entry and seized ganja from the pocket of one patient's relative. People caught bringing intoxicants into the hospital are handed over to the hospital police post or fined.
Sonamura police in Tripura seized 14 kg of dry ganja and 249 bottles of Eskuf cough syrup found abandoned along the Srimantapur border road on 13 November 2026. Police valued the haul at about Rs 9.29 lakh and opened an investigation; no one was arrested.
