Five held in Anantnag with about 2.2 kg of bhang and charas
J&K Police arrested five people in five operations across Anantnag district and recovered about 2.2 kg of bhang bhoosa and charas. Cases under the NDPS Act were registered, including FIR No. 107/2026 at Aishmuqam and FIR No. 419/2026 at Anantnag, and investigations were continuing.
J&K Police in Anantnag arrested five people in five separate operations across
the district and recovered approximately 2.2 kilograms of narcotic substances.[1]Officials said the arrests and recoveries on Thursday.[2]The operations
were conducted by police teams from Aishmuqam, Dooru, Anantnag, Dialgam and
Srigufwara police stations as part of a crackdown on drug trafficking.[2]
Police Station Aishmuqam searched a cowshed belonging to Mohammad Ashraf Shah,
son of Rahmat Shah and a resident of Amadzoo, who police said had concealed
narcotics there in order to sell them.[1]The search recovered approximately
1.446 kg of bhang bhoosa, a cannabis preparation, and police registered FIR No.
107/2026.[1]A case under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act
was registered at Police Station Aishmuqam.[2]A Dooru police party, during
naka checking at Shankarpora Crossing, apprehended a man and recovered
approximately 100 grams of charas, a cannabis resin, from his possession.[1]
Police Station Anantnag apprehended Faisal Shabir Shugan, son of Shabir Ahmad
Shugan and a resident of Natipora Khanabal, at Natipora and recovered
approximately 200 grams of charas.[1]Police Post Dialgam apprehended Ubaid
Khurshaid Naikoo, son of Khurshaid Ahmad Naikoo and a resident of Wavthroo
Nadoora, and recovered approximately 100 grams of charas powder.[1]FIR No.
419/2026 under Sections 8/20 of the NDPS Act was registered at Police Station
Anantnag after that Dialgam recovery.[2]During night patrolling, Police
Station Srigufwara apprehended Abid Hussain Bhat, son of Farooq Ahmad Bhat and a
resident of Hitigam, at Hitigam Crossing and recovered 329.6 grams of charas
powder.[1]A case under Sections 8/20 of the NDPS Act was registered at Police
Station Srigufwara.[2]Police said further investigations had been taken up.[1]
Photos and video
Kashmir Zone Police photograph published with the five Anantnag arrests and the recovered narcotics. Photo: Kashmir Zone PolicePhoto details
The articles give no separate date for the five operations; 12 November 2026 is their publication date and the day officials said they spoke.
The man stopped at Shankarpora Crossing was not named.
Greater Kashmir says cases were registered at Police Station Srigufwara after the Hitigam arrest, while KIMS specifies one case under Sections 8/20 of the NDPS Act at Srigufwara and FIR No. 419/2026 at Anantnag for the Dialgam arrest.
No ages, custody decisions, court appearances or convictions were reported.
The 2.2 kg figure is the police approximate total; the itemised recoveries are 1.446 kg of bhang bhoosa, 100 grams of charas, 200 grams of charas, 100 grams of charas powder and 329.6 grams of charas powder.
No laboratory confirmation or street value was published.
Both accounts appear to rest on the same police statement.
Police in Pazhayangadi, Kannur district, arrested a 25-year-old worker from West Bengal, Biswajit Mandal, and seized 1.106 kg of ganja from him. A DANSAF team under the Kannur City Police Commissioner made the arrest in the early hours of 12 November 2026 near the Amayi level crossing.
Excise officials in Karimnagar town, Telangana, raided the Kothirapur area and arrested two people, Ghasiram and Lakshmi, on suspicion of selling ganja, seizing 530 grams of the drug. The operation was led by Circle Inspector Lobanand on the orders of the Assistant Commissioner of Enforcement, and the accounts report no charge or court outcome.
Police on patrol near the Tsunami Nagar burial ground in Devanampattinam detained 24-year-old Akash and seized ganja found in his possession. Questioning showed he had tried to sell the drug, and police registered a case and arrested him.
Panvel city police raided a flat in the MMRDA colony at Palaspe Phata after a tip-off and found 4.255 kg of ganja hidden in its bathroom, arresting Siddharth Ramdas More, 41. Officers also seized an electronic weighing scale, plastic pouches, a stapler and pins, and put the ganja's value at Rs 2,12,700.
