Two held with 1.97 kg ganja and 2.26 kg bhang in Balrampur
Police in Balrampur, Uttar Pradesh arrested Sandeep Sharma and Nankau Singh in separate actions, seizing 1.966 kg of ganja and 2.264 kg of bhang. The district police chief suspended two constables for negligence and ordered inquiries against two sub-inspectors.
Police in Balrampur arrested two accused in separate actions in the Kotwali
Nagar and Kotwali Dehat areas.[1][2][3]Kotwali Nagar police arrested Sandeep Sharma
near Veer Vinay crossing.[4][2][3]Sharma was described as a resident of Lalapurwa
village in the Ramnagar police-station area of Barabanki district.[4]Kotwali
Dehat police arrested Nankau Singh near Belha turn, described as a local
resident.[4][2][3]
Police registered a case against Sharma under the NDPS Act and the Excise Act.[1]Police registered a case against Singh under the NDPS Act for further legal
action.[1]Both accused were taken into custody and sent to jail.[4]
Superintendent of Police Martand Prakash Singh suspended constables Vinay Pratap
Singh and Gyanendra Kumar with immediate effect for failure to gather
intelligence and negligence of duty.[4][3]The superintendent also ordered
preliminary departmental inquiries against Purabtola outpost in-charge
Sub-Inspector Kislay Mishra and Belha-turn area in-charge Sub-Inspector Udaybhan
Singh.[4][3]Police said they are searching for others linked to the district’s
drug trade.[4]
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Police photo of the accused in custody. Photo: Dynamite NewsPhoto details
The Live Hindustan report places the arrests at about 11:30 pm on Sunday night while both reports were published on 2 November 2026, so 1 November 2026 is used as the incident date.
No estimated street value or independent weighing of the ganja and bhang was reported.
No court outcome beyond custody, jail and registered cases was reported.
The Live Hindustan page image path dates to October 2025 and is not listed as event media.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in Live Hindustan: From Sharma, police recovered 56 packets of ganja weighing 356 grams and 97 cakes of bhang weighing 2.264 kilograms.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in Live Hindustan: From Singh, police recovered 1.610 kilograms of ganja.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in Live Hindustan: Police put the combined recovery at 1.966 kilograms of ganja and 2.264 kilograms of bhang.
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