211 kg of ganja seized from abandoned car near Anuppur, driver escapes
Rajendragram police found 211 kg 99 g of ganja, estimated by police to be worth 21.19 lakh rupees, in an abandoned car near Anchalpur in Madhya Pradesh's Anuppur district on the night of 29–30 October 2026. The driver ran into the forest and escaped; police registered a case against an unknown accused and were looking for him and the car's owner.
🇮🇳 Anchalpur, Rajendragram, Anuppur district, Madhya Pradesh · India
- Cannabis
- 211.099 kg
- Value (official estimate)
- INR 2,119,900
Anchalpur lies in the Rajendragram police station area of Anuppur district,
Madhya Pradesh.[1] Rajendragram station house officer Virendra Kumar Barkare
led the blockade with his team.[2][3] Officers chased him but he escaped into
dense forest in the dark.[2] Police registered a case against an unknown
accused under the NDPS Act.[2] Police were looking for the car’s real owner
and the absconding accused.[4][5]
The car was a Duster with a Chhattisgarh number plate, CG 16 CA 9735.[2] A
search found 211 kg 99 g of ganja.[4][5][3] Police estimated the value at 21.19 lakh
rupees (2,119,900 rupees).[4][5][3] The bags were on the rear seat and in the boot,
and police also seized the car, a mobile phone and a purse.[2] The number
plate was registered in Chhattisgarh to a two-wheeler.[4][5] The chassis and
engine numbers had been wiped with chemicals to hide the car’s identity.[4][5]
Superintendent of Police Ankit Soni said the seizure came during a statewide
campaign against illegal drug trafficking under the NDPS Act.[2] Police had
been told that suspicious cars were speeding from Amgawan towards Rajendragram
carrying illegal goods.[2] The input also mentioned two cars escorting the
vehicle.[2]
Sources
- अनूपपुर: रात के अंधेरे में नशे पर प्रहार 211 किलो 21.19 लाख रुपये का गांजा जब्त, चालक फरार. Hindusthan Samachar, 30 October 2026. In Hindi.
- अनूपपुर; राजेंद्रग्राम में कार से 211 किलो गांजा जब्त:सीट और डिग्गी में मिले बोरे; चालक जंगल में भागा. Dainik Bhaskar, 30 October 2026. In Hindi.
- अनूपपुर: रात के अंधेरे में नशे पर प्रहार 211 किलो 21.19 लाख रुपये का गांजा जब्त, चालक फरार. Vocal TV, 30 October 2026. In Hindi.
- अनूपपुर: गांजा तस्करी में शातिर आरोपियों का कारनामा, कार पर लगा रखा था दोपहिया वाहन का फर्जी नंबर. Amar Ujala, 30 October 2026. In Hindi.
- Anuppur Crime: बाइक के नंबर से चला रहे थे कार, अंदर भरा था 211 किलो 99 ग्राम गांजा. Patrika News, 30 October 2026. In Hindi.
Open questions the AI reported
- The reports differ on the time: Amar Ujala and Hindusthan Samachar place the interception in the night between 29 and 30 October, while Dainik Bhaskar says Friday afternoon.
- No arrests, charges or court step were reported; police were still looking for the driver, other suspects and the car's owner.
- Amar Ujala spells the village Anchalpur, while Dainik Bhaskar and Hindusthan Samachar spell it Achalpur.
- Only the opening paragraph of the Hindusthan Samachar report could be read; the rest was behind a subscription notice.
- The reports do not say where the ganja was loaded or where it was being taken.
- Left out, as its quotation was not found in Amar Ujala: A car driver abandoned the vehicle and ran into the fields when Rajendragram police tried to stop him near Anchalpur village on the night of 29–30 October 2026.
- Hindusthan Samachar's syndicated text gives the car's registration as CG 18 CA 9735, while the report's Dainik Bhaskar source gives CG 16 CA 9735; the report keeps CG 16.
