Two arrested with about 1 kg of ganja in Asansol; five-day police remand
Asansol South police station arrested two men with about 1 kilogram of ganja in Asansol, West Bengal, on a tip-off. The Asansol district court rejected their bail plea on Sunday and sent them to five days of police remand.
🇮🇳 Asansol, Paschim Bardhaman district, West Bengal · India
Asansol South police station arrested two men with about 1 kilogram of ganja, or
cannabis, in Asansol, West Bengal.[1]Police named the two arrested men as
Suvam Sharma and Shamsher Sheikh.[1]Police said the two had come to the area
to traffic ganja and were caught red-handed on a tip-off before they could act.[1]
The two were produced in the Asansol district court on Sunday, 8 November 2026.[1]The investigating officer asked the court for police remand, citing a
special inquiry including the arrest of other accused in the case.[1]The
court rejected their bail plea and sent them to police custody for five days.[1]
The arrest came during a week of raids against drug trafficking across
Shilpanchal, the industrial belt around Asansol and Durgapur, in which police
said dozens of people were arrested with narcotics.[1]
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The weight is reported as about 1 kilogram (तकरीबन 1 किलोग्राम), not an exact measured figure.
The article gives no date for the arrest or recovery; the accused were produced in court on Sunday, 8 November 2026, and 9 November 2026 is the publication date. The incident date is taken as 8 November 2026.
The article does not say where in Asansol the two were caught or from where the ganja came.
The charges are not specified; the report only says the case concerns ganja trafficking and that police are looking for other accused.
No court outcome beyond the remand order was reported.
Only one source, the Sanmarg Hindi daily, could be found for this arrest; a search in Hindi and Bengali found no second account.
The page's feature image carries only the headline text as its caption and no credit, so it cannot be confirmed what it depicts.
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