The checking drive was carried out on the police commissioner’s directions during the festival season.[1] On 8 November, Chhatta police were checking suspicious vehicles and people along the Yamuna bank.[1][2] Police spotted three youths moving about suspiciously, stopped them for questioning, and found them nervous.[1] The three were searched in the presence of the Assistant Commissioner of Police for Chhatta, and ganja was recovered from them.[1][3]
Chhatta police in Agra arrested three members of an interstate gang that trafficked ganja into the city.[1][4][3][2] Police seized 36 kg of ganja from their possession.[1][4][3][5][2] The seized ganja was reported to be worth about Rs 25 lakh.[1][4][3][2] Police also seized three mobile phones and Rs 490 in cash.[1][3][2] The three were taken into custody and a case was registered against them at Chhatta police station under the NDPS Act.[1]
On questioning, the accused said they had brought the ganja from the Dedh Bazaar bus stand area of Brahmapur in Odisha.[1][3] The men said they had collected the consignment from the Dedh Bazaar bus stand in Brahmapur, Odisha.[2] They were waiting near the Yamuna to hand the ganja to a Free Ganj resident named Vijay, for whom police are now searching.[1][3][2] The arrested men were identified as Somil alias Prem Kushwah of Prakash Nagar, Etmad-daula, Vivek of Bulandshahr, and Satyam Gupta of Rewa, Madhya Pradesh.[1] They used to bring cheap ganja from Odisha and sell it at higher prices in Agra and nearby districts.[1] Police are now gathering information about other members of the gang and its buyers.[1] Police are trying to establish who else is part of the network and where in Agra the drugs were to be supplied.[2]
A case was registered at Chhatta police station as crime number 160 of 2026 under sections 8 and 20 of the NDPS Act.[3][2]
Chhatta police carried out the operation on 8 November 2026.[5]
Amar Ujala’s Diwali night roundup of other news in the Braj region also reported the arrest of three ganja smugglers in Agra.[6]