Baihata Police intercepted a vehicle during checkpoint checking and seized 15.049 kg of suspected cannabis packed in three packets. One Kamrup district resident, Ridip Kumar, was apprehended and further legal action was being initiated.
Police in Assam’s Baihata seized over 15 kilograms of suspected cannabis,
locally known as ganja, and apprehended one individual in connection with the
haul.[1][2][3][4][5]Baihata Police intercepted a vehicle during ‘naka’ checking based on
specific input about the transportation of drugs through the area.[1][2][6][3][4][5][7]The
apprehended individual was identified by police as Ridip Kumar, a resident of
Assam’s Kamrup district.[1][2][6][3][4][7]
A search of the intercepted vehicle led to the recovery and seizure of suspected
cannabis that had been packed in three separate packets.[1][4][5][7]Police recorded
the weight of the recovered suspected cannabis as 15.049 kilograms.[1][2][6][3][4][7]Police
said one person was apprehended at the scene in connection with the recovery of
the three packets.[1]
The enforcement action was reported from Baihata, with the account datelined
Guwahati in Assam.[8][3]Police said further legal action against the apprehended
person was being initiated following the seizure and apprehension.[1][2][3][4][5][7]Officials described the recovered material as suspected cannabis, presenting
both the drug identity and the weight as police findings rather than
court-tested results.[1]
The vehicle stopped at the check bore registration number AS-01-GT-7541.[7]The check was carried out by the officer in charge of Baihata police station and a sub-inspector of the Dobok outpost, under the Rangia subdivision.[7]The man apprehended was a resident of Monakuchi Boramgoi village, under Kamalpur police station in Kamrup district.[7]
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Police in Baihata with the accused and the seized ganja after the interception of a vehicle carrying three packets of suspected cannabis.Photo details
The accounts give no separate date for the interception, so the publication date of 8 November 2026 is used as the incident date.
No charges, court outcome or custody details were reported beyond that further legal action was being initiated.
The same articles also describe separate methamphetamine seizures in Cachar district, which are different events involving synthetic drugs and are left out of this cannabis report.
The Lokmat Times copy states it was refined by artificial intelligence without human editorial review and reproduces the same IANS agency text already cited, so it is corroboration rather than independent reporting.
The same page describes separate methamphetamine seizures in Cachar district, different events involving synthetic drugs, left out of this cannabis report.
The page gives no separate date for the interception; 8 November 2026 is its publication date and the date of the police account.
The submitted Bengali page is another IANS reprint of the same agency text already cited through The Hawk, hi INDiA, Lokmat Times and Social News XYZ, so it corroborates but is not independent reporting.
The page's later paragraphs describe separate Assam Rifles methamphetamine seizures in Cachar district, involving synthetic drugs, which are left out of this cannabis report.
The page's later paragraphs describe a separate Assam Rifles and Assam Police seizure of 1.363 kg of methamphetamine tablets worth about Rs 3.49 crore in Cachar district, a different event involving synthetic drugs and left out of this cannabis report.
The Nagaland Post copy is another reprint of the same IANS report already cited in this account, so it corroborates but is not independent reporting.
The page carries no separate date for the interception; 8 November 2026 is the dateline of the agency report, while the page itself is dated 9 November 2026.
The photo caption does not name a photographer or credit an agency.
The Sentinel gives no separate date for the interception, saying only that it happened the night before its 9 November 2026 publication, so the incident date remains the 8 November 2026 dateline of the earlier agency accounts.
The Sentinel names the police as Dobok police and its officer in charge as CI Baihata, while the earlier agency accounts call the unit Baihata Police; the two names appear to describe the same interception but the relationship is not explained.
The Sentinel names the unit Dobok police and its officer in charge as CI Baihata, while other accounts call it Baihata Police; the page does not explain how the sub-divisional and outpost units relate.
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