One held as Akola police seize 1.494 kg of ganja in Old City
Old City police in Akola arrested one person and seized 1.494 kilograms of ganja under the district's Operation Prahar campaign. A local court remanded the accused to police custody for two days.
Police in Akola arrested one suspect and obtained two days of police custody
from a court following a narcotics raid in the Old City area.[1]Officers from
the Old City police station seized1.494 kilograms of ganja during the raid.[1]
The seizure was carried out as part of Operation Prahar-Narcostrike, a
district-wide anti-narcotics campaign conducted by the Akola police force.[1]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Arrested
1
Cannabis
1.494 kg
Agency
Akola Police
Agency type
Police
Cannabis
Herbal cannabis (1.494 kg)
Case stage
Under investigation
Region
Maharashtra
Date
Publication date
Sources
Divya Marathidivyamarathi.bhaskar.comMROne and a half kilos of ganja seized from Juna city, one arrested, police action; Accused remanded in police custody
Open questions the AI reported
The article gives no separate date for the raid; 11 November 2026 is its publication date and stands in for the incident date.
The suspect was not publicly identified by name or age in the initial news report.
The specific street location and origin of the seized ganja were not published.
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