Four arrested with 11.86 kg charas and ganja in Anantnag
Anantnag police arrested four men in four separate operations across Anantnag district on 5 November 2026. Police said the seizures totalled about 11.86 kg of cannabis, mostly about 11 kg of ground charas powder plus ganja and charas.
Anantnag police arrested four alleged drug peddlers in four separate operations
in Anantnag district on 5 November 2026 and said the recoveries totalled about
11.86 kg.[1][2]A Mattan police team searched the home of Zakir Hussain Khan,
son of late Muzaffar Khan, in Satrimaidan, Gopalpora, after obtaining
authorisation under Section 41(2) of the NDPS Act, and recovered about 11 kg of
ground charas powder.[3][1][2]Police registered FIR No. 128/2026 under
sections 8/20 of the NDPS Act.[1][2]
Personnel from Police Post Sangam set up a checkpoint at Semthan and recovered
about 500 grams of ganja from Fayaz Ahmad Sheikh, son of Mohd Maqbool Sheikh of
Semthan.[3][1][2]A police team from Police Post Aishmuqam apprehended Shabir
Ahmad Shah, son of Abdul Rashid Shah of Halwani, Panchalpora, during a checkpoint
at Rangkadal and recovered about 10 grams of charas.[3][1][2]Police
registered FIR No. 104/2026 under sections 8/20 of the NDPS Act in that case.[1][2]Personnel from Anantnag Police Station apprehended Bilal Ahmad Sheikh,
son of Abdul Ahad of Zadipora, Anantnag, at Nandpora and recovered about 350
grams of charas.[3][1][2]
Police said the four recoveries together comprised about 11 kg of ground charas
powder, 500 grams of ganja and 360 grams of charas.[3][1][2]Police put the
total at about 11.86 kg.[1][2]Cases had been registered and further investigations had been
initiated.[3][1][2]Police urged the public to share credible information
about drug-related activities.[3][2]
Photos and video
Police Station Mattan officers with a man and a large sack. The placard reads FIR No. 128/2026 under sections 8/20 of the NDPS Act, Police Station Mattan, the case police said recovered about 11 kg of ground charas.Photo details
Source: Anantnag Police · archived copyA man in custody holds a placard for FIR No. 104/2026 under sections 8/20 of the NDPS Act, Police Station Aishmuqam, with a small piece of material on the table. Police said that case recovered about 10 grams of charas.Photo details
Anantnag Policefacebook.comArchived copyAnantnag Police Intensifies Crackdown on Drug Trafficking: 04 Drug Peddlers Apprehended in 04 NDPS Cases; Around 11.86 Kg of Contraband Substances Recovered
Police and Kashmir Independent Media Service both state a total of about 11.86 kg; the itemised recoveries are about 11 kg of ground charas, 500 g of ganja, 10 g of charas and 350 g of charas, and all weights are given as approximate.
No laboratory confirmation of the weights was reported.
FIR numbers were published only for the Mattan case, FIR No. 128/2026, and the Aishmuqam case, FIR No. 104/2026, both under sections 8/20 of the NDPS Act; the Semthan and Nandpora cases are described only as registered.
No court appearances or outcomes beyond the registered cases and continuing investigations were reported.
Kashmir Life said Fayaz Ahmad Sheikh was intercepted in a vehicle at Semthan; the police statement and Kashmir Independent Media Service describe a checkpoint and do not mention a vehicle, so the report follows the police account.
Kashmir Life's page image is a 2017 file photo of charas and is not used; the Kashmir Independent Media Service image is a stock photograph of hands on prison bars and is not used.
One photograph on the police post shows FIR No. 405/2026, a different case, and is left out; another image on that post could not be opened.
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.
