Man held with 2 kg of ganja worth 50,000 rupees near Dodi, Koriya
Baikunthpur police stopped a 38-year-old man on the Dodi-Bahra road near Dodi village in Chhattisgarh's Koriya district on 7 November 2026 and seized 2 kilograms of ganja from him. Police registered crime number 330/2026 under section 20(b) of the NDPS Act and sent him to jail on judicial remand.
🇮🇳 Dodi-Bahra road near Dodi village, Baikunthpur, Koriya district, Chhattisgarh · India
Police in Baikunthpur, in Chhattisgarh’s Koriya district, stopped a man on the
Dodi-Bahra road near Dodi village at about 8 am on 7 November 2026 and seized2
kilograms of ganja, the Hindi name for cannabis, from him.[1]The police acted
on a tip that a man was coming along the Dodi-Bahra road carrying ganja in a bag
to sell it, and the station party surrounded the spot the informer named.[1]
The arrested man is 38 years old and lives in Dodi-Bahra village under the
Baikunthpur police station.[1]Police registered crime number 330/2026 under
section 20(b) of the NDPS Act, India’s narcotics law.[1]The man was produced
before a court and sent to jail on judicial remand.[1]The page’s headline
values the seized ganja at 50,000 rupees, which police did not break down in the
text.[1]
The operation was carried out under Superintendent of Police Harish Rathore, the
additional superintendent and the Baikunthpur sub-divisional police officer, and
the account names the cyber cell and station staff, including station house
officer Dinesh Chandra, among those involved.[1]
Photos and video
Photo published with the Baikunthpur police account of the 2 kg ganja arrest, showing three officers standing behind a seated man with a green striped bag and what appears to be a mobile phone on the floor in front of him. No credit is given.Photo details
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Arrested
1
Cannabis
2 kg
Value (official estimate)
INR 50,000
Agency
Baikunthpur police station
Agency type
Police
Cannabis
Herbal cannabis (2 kg)
Activity
Possession, Sale
Setting
Street or public place
Charge
section 20(b) of the NDPS Act
Case stage
Charged
Region
Chhattisgarh
Sources
AIMA Mediaaimamedia.orgHIपुलिस ने अवैध मादक पदार्थ गांजा के विरूद्ध बड़ी कार्यवाही 50 हजार रु के अवैध गांजा के साथ आरोपी गिरफ्तार
Open questions the AI reported
Only one opened source covers this arrest; searches in Hindi and English found no second account, and no police statement was located on another page.
The 2 kilograms is the weight police recorded for the material described as ganja, with no laboratory confirmation reported.
The 50,000-rupee value appears in the headline only; the body text does not repeat it or explain how police arrived at it.
The court that ordered judicial remand is not named, and no charge sheet, plea or trial outcome was reported.
The article says officers formed a station-party team and stopped a suspect, but does not say how many officers took part or whether the man resisted.
The article does not say whether the 2 kilograms was weighed and sealed under the NDPS Act sampling procedure or how it was packed.
Police named a village road, Dodi-Bahra road near Dodi village, but gave no house, field or landmark, so the district centre of Baikunthpur is used for coordinates.
The account names the accused and his father; the tracker records counts and outcomes only, not identifiers.
The single page photo shows officers with a seated man and a bag but carries no caption or credit, so it is not confirmed to depict this seizure.
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