3.06 kg ganja seized on Nepal border in Araria as carrier flees
Kuari police and SSB troops seized 3.06 kg of ganja from an abandoned bag near border pillar 165/6 at Asraha in Araria's Kursakanta block. The young carrier dropped the bag and escaped into Nepal, and police registered a case against the unidentified man.
🇮🇳 Near border pillar 165/6, Asraha, Kursakanta block, Araria district, Bihar · India
Kuari police and SSB troops of the 52nd Battalion’s Megha border outpost were
conducting a joint operation on Thursday morning in Kursakanta block of Araria
near the India-Nepal border.[1]Near border pillar number 165/6 in the Asraha
area, the troops saw a young man coming from the Nepal side carrying a bag.[1]When the personnel signalled him to stop, he dropped the bag and ran toward
Nepal, and he was not caught.[1]
A search of the abandoned bag found three plastic packets holding a total of 3
kg60 g of ganja, which the police seized.[1]Kuari station house officer
Vikas Kumar said a first information report was registered against the
unidentified man on the basis of his own written statement.[1]
A second account says a joint SSB and Kuari police patrol seized 3 kg50 g of
ganja on patrol along the India-Nepal border.[2]That account says the suspect
dropped the sack on Indian territory on seeing the team and fled to Nepal.[2]A search of the sack found three packets.[2]The seized ganja was handed to
Kuari police.[2]
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Dainik Bhaskarbhaskar.comHIसीमा पर तस्कर गांजे की बोरी छोड़कर नेपाल भागा: एसएसबी और पुलिस ने 3 किलो 50 ग्राम गांजा पकड़ा
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The two accounts give slightly different weights: Prabhat Khabar reports 3 kg 60 g while Dainik Bhaskar reports 3 kg 50 g; this report uses 3.06 kg from the submitted account.
The accounts date the action differently: Prabhat Khabar says Thursday morning, which before its 13 November publication is 12 November, while Dainik Bhaskar dates it 13 November 2026; 12 November is used as the incident date.
No one was arrested or named; the carrier escaped into Nepal and the FIR is against an unidentified man, with identification and further action pending.
No street value, case number, statutory sections or court outcome was reported.
Both accounts rest on police and SSB briefings, with no statement from the fleeing man.
Police seized about 20 kg of ganja from two suspect courier packets at a logistics warehouse near Dhoom Manikpur in Greater Noida. The packets had been booked in Odisha for delivery in Delhi, and police valued the haul at about Rs 10 lakh.
North Goa Police's anti-drug-trafficking drive this year has registered 74 NDPS cases and arrested 94 persons, seizing about 49.2 kg of drugs valued at over ₹1.92 crore. November's new round included 4 arrests, 67 g of charas and 105 g of ganja in separate raids.
Karimnagar district police burned about 19 kg of ganja, valued at Rs 9.50 lakh, seized in 47 NDPS cases across various police station limits in Jagityal town. District SP Ashok Kumar said the disposal followed the district Drug Disposal Committee, NDPS Act provisions and environmental pollution control guidelines.
Police seized five kilograms of ganja at Chillagumpu in Dammapeta mandal, Bhadradri Kothagudem district. Circle Inspector Nagaraju Reddy said police would expand patrolling and act firmly against ganja transport and sales as local cases rise.
