Five held in separate Anantnag operations with heroin and charas
Police arrested five alleged drug peddlers in separate operations by police posts at Sangam, Marhama, DK Pora and Dialgam in Anantnag district, Jammu and Kashmir, recovering heroin in one case and charas in the other four. Two FIRs were registered at Police Station Anantnag under the NDPS Act and further investigation was under way.
Police arrested five alleged drug peddlers in separate operations in Anantnag
district, Jammu and Kashmir, and recovered heroin and charas from them.[1][2][3]The
arrests were made by police posts at Sangam, DK Pora and Dialgam as part of a
continuing crackdown on drug trafficking.[1]
A police party at Sangam apprehended Reyaz Ahmad Mir, a resident of Khelen
Litter, and recovered heroin from him.[1][2][3]In a separate operation at Marhama,
Zubair Sultan Reshi, a resident of Sether Sangam, was arrested with charas.[1][2]Police Post DK Pora apprehended Rayees Ahmad Khan, a resident of Damhal, and
recovered charas from him.[1][2]In two further operations, police arrested Yawar
Ahmad Gani and Ubaid Manzoor Doobi, both residents of Fathepora, and recovered
charas from them.[1][2][3]
FIR Nos. 408/2026 and 409/2026 were registered at Police Station Anantnag under
relevant sections of the NDPS Act, and further investigation was under way.[1][2]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Arrested
5
Agency
Police Posts Sangam, DK Pora and Dialgam, Anantnag Police
Agency type
Police
Cannabis
Hashish
Activity
Trafficking, Possession
Charge
offences under relevant sections of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act
No weight, quantity, street value or case value was published for any of the heroin or charas recoveries, so no cannabis weight can be recorded.
The article gives no separate date for the operations; 7 November 2026 is its publication date and is also the day officials said they spoke.
Only two FIR numbers are given for five arrests in several police post jurisdictions, and the account does not say which arrests each FIR covers.
No ages, charges, legal sections, custody decisions or court outcome were reported.
No second account or police statement of these specific Saturday arrests was found; web searches returned only other, earlier Anantnag roundups.
The lead image on the page shows generic hands behind prison bars with no caption or credit tying it to these arrests, so it is linked rather than treated as a photograph of the seizure.
Kangra district police's CIA team arrested two men from Chamba district with 1.107 kg of charas in the Sokru Dam area of Baijnath. A case was registered under the NDPS Act at Baijnath police station, and police said they were questioning the men about the source of the charas and where it was to be supplied.
Police in Sirari bazaar in Bihar's Sheikhpura district seized 150 grams of ganja from a paan stall and arrested Doman Singh, also known as Prabhakar Singh. The stall stands on Purana Station Road within 500 metres of an educational institution, and the station chief said an FIR was registered under the NDPS Act.
Bandipora police arrested two men travelling on a scooty at Gunchipora near Bakshi Bund on 11 November 2026 and recovered 914 grams of a suspected cannabis powder-like substance from them. Police registered FIR No. 244/2026 at Police Station Sumbal under the NDPS Act and said they were investigating the source of the contraband and its supply links.
Police in Station Ghanpur, Jangaon district, Telangana, arrested four men accused of selling dried ganja, including the man who bought some, and seized 40 grams of the drug, a mobile phone and 1,000 rupees in cash. Circle Inspector S. Srinivas said a case was registered against the four and they were remanded to judicial custody.
