Amritsar police destroy 50 kg of charas seized in 138 NDPS cases
The Amritsar Commissionerate Police destroyed narcotics seized in 138 NDPS Act cases, incinerating them at Khanna Paper Mill on 29 October 2026. The haul included 50.012 kg of charas, 2.17 kg of ganja and 198 g of bhang, about 52.38 kg of cannabis, along with 18.499 kg of heroin and thousands of pills and capsules.
🇮🇳 Khanna Paper Mill, Amritsar · India
- Cannabis
- 52.4 kg
Police Commissioner Harmanbir Singh Gill ordered the destruction, in which
officers put the drugs into the mill’s boiler; DCP (Investigation) Prabhjot
Singh Virk, ADCP (Investigation) Jayant Puri and ACP Kapil Kaushal oversaw the
operation.[1]
The cannabis destroyed was 50.012 kg of charas, a hashish made from cannabis
resin, 2.170 kg of ganja, or cannabis flower, and 198 g of bhang, a cannabis
preparation, about 52.38 kg in all.[1] The haul also included 18.499 kg of
heroin, 71.8 kg of poppy husk, 3.353 kg of intoxicating powder and 857 g of
smack.[2] Officers also destroyed 15,831 intoxicating capsules, 3,955 tablets,
76 injections and five bottles of cough syrup.[1]
Police said the drive against drug trafficking and the illegal trade was
continuing, and that narcotics recovered in drug cases are being disposed of
under the prescribed rules alongside legal action.[1]
Sources
- अमृतसर में 138 एनडीपीएस मामलों में जब्त नशीले पदार्थ नष्ट, 18.499 किलो हेरोइन और 50 किलो चरस शामिल. Amar Ujala, 30 October 2026. In Hindi.
- 138 मामलों में जब्त 18 किलो से ज्यादा हेरोइन और नशीले पदार्थ किए नष्ट. Dainik Bhaskar, 30 October 2026. In Hindi.
Open questions the AI reported
- No arrests or court proceedings were reported in connection with the disposal itself.
- The reports do not say over what period the 138 NDPS cases were registered, or which cases the destroyed drugs came from.
- Amar Ujala lists 76 'intoxicating injections' among the destroyed items, while Dainik Bhaskar lists 76 syringes.
- The Tribune describes the 198 g of bhang as 'cannabis'; the Hindi reports call it bhang.
- No total value was published for the destroyed narcotics.
- Amar Ujala's report is a 1 min 37 s video; no separate direct video address could be confirmed, so only its lead image is linked.
- 138 मामलों में जब्त 18 किलो से ज्यादा हेरोइन और नशीले पदार्थ किए नष्ट (Dainik Bhaskar) could not be opened again to check its quotations (The browser page answered HTTP 403.; archived fallback unavailable (no accessible Wayback capture was found). No AI research was started); what it says is as the AI read it.
- Left out, as its quotation was not found in The Tribune: The Amritsar Commissionerate Police destroyed narcotics seized in 138 cases under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act on Thursday, 29 October 2026.
- Left out, as its quotation was not found in The Tribune: The contraband was incinerated at Khanna Paper Mill in Amritsar under the supervision of the Drug Disposal Committee.
