Two held as police find 52.11 kg of ganja in car at Balagarh
Balagarh police in Hooghly district, West Bengal, found 52.11 kg of cannabis in a car stopped at the Dumurdah bus stand on 30 October 2026 and arrested the two men inside. Both were booked under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act and produced in court, where police sought 14 days' custody.
🇮🇳 Dumurdah bus stand, Balagarh, Hooghly district, West Bengal · India
Two men were arrested in Balagarh, Hooghly district, West Bengal, after police
searched the car they were travelling in.[1][2]The search took place on 30
October 2026 at the Dumurdah bus stand, in the area covered by the Balagarh
police station, and yielded a total of 52.11 kg of cannabis.[1][2]Officers acted
on a tip-off and stopped a blue Hyundai i10 with registration WB 06 5668.[1]The cannabis was seized from inside the vehicle.[1][2]
A case was registered against the pair under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic
Substances Act, India’s narcotics law, and they were produced in court.[1]Police applied to the court for 14 days’ police custody of the pair to allow the
investigation to proceed.[1]
At a press conference on Saturday, Hooghly Rural Police said the campaign
against drug trafficking and the illegal trade would continue.[1]The force
said the police administration was committed to building a drug-free society.[1]
The two arrested men were identified as Mriganka Gayen and Dipak Kumar.[2]Police said the cannabis was being taken by car from Magra to Balagarh.[2]The cannabis was found packed in two sealed sacks inside the vehicle.[2]Both detained men were produced in court on Saturday, and the two held in the Balagarh case were taken into police custody.[2]
Photos and video
Police officers and civilians standing behind rows of packaged cannabis at Balagarh police station, with the Hooghly Rural Police and Balagarh police station banners visible behind them.Photo details
The headline rounds the seizure to 52 kg; the article text gives 52.11 kg, the figure used here.
Neither of the two arrested men was named, and no ages or addresses were published.
Only one full news report of the seizure could be opened; other results were social-media videos and a copy of the same agency text.
The article does not report the court's decision on the police request for 14 days' custody, or any later step in the case.
No street value was published for the 52.11 kg of cannabis.
The same article also reports a separate Saturday seizure of 23.648 kg of cannabis from a house at Nalikul, Haripal, with two arrests, a different event left out of this Balagarh report.
This account describes only a blue four-wheeled vehicle, so it does not confirm the blue Hyundai i10 and registration WB 06 5668 reported earlier.
It confirms police custody for the Balagarh pair but gives no duration, so it does not confirm the reported 14-day custody request or the court's full order.
It does not state the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act charge in the Balagarh case.
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