Two men arrested near Mahuakheda with 5 kg of ganja
Bankhedi police arrested Bhagwandas Patwa, 43, and Rajesh Nauriya, 33, after stopping them on a motorcycle near Mahuakheda. Officers seized 5 kg of ganja, valued at about 50,000 rupees, and the bike, and registered an NDPS Act case.
🇮🇳 near Mahuakheda, Bankhedi, Narmadapuram, Madhya Pradesh · India
Bankhedi police arrested two men who were carrying ganja, dried cannabis, on a
motorcycle near Mahuakheda.[1]The men were identified as Bhagwandas Patwa,
aged 43, and Rajesh Nauriya, aged 33, both from Raisen district in Madhya
Pradesh.[1]Police said Patwa already had a criminal record and that a case
under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, the NDPS Act, had
previously been registered against him.[1]The arrest was reported from
Pipariya in Narmadapuram district, the district formerly called Hoshangabad.[1]
Officers found 5 kilograms of ganja with the two men, which police valued at
about 50,000 rupees.[1]Police also seized the motorcycle used to carry the
ganja.[1]The team, led by station in-charge Vijay Sans, acted on a tip from
an informant and on the directions of Pipariya subdivisional officer of police
Ashish Panwar.[1]Police said they stopped the riders near Mahuakheda,
searched them and found the ganja, and that they gave an account of the action
on Tuesday evening.[1]
Investigating sub-inspector M. M. Thakur said a case had been registered against
both men under sections 8 and 20 of the NDPS Act.[1]Police said they were
questioning the two about where the ganja had come from and about any
trafficking network.[1]
Case data
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No second outlet or police statement of this stop could be opened.
Police said they gave details on Tuesday evening, and the report was published on 27 October 2026, a Tuesday; a separate date for the stop itself was not given.
Mahuakheda could not be matched to one mapped village, so the coordinates are for Bankhedi town in Narmadapuram.
The English page description places the arrest in Raisen district, while the Hindi report says the men are from Raisen and were stopped near Mahuakheda.
No court outcome, remand or sentence was reported.
The page’s photo and short video had no caption confirming they show this seizure, so they were left out.
The web edition still directed readers to the app for the full story, so the readable text may be incomplete.
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