Man held with 1.1 kg ganja in Begusarai's Lohiyanagar
Lohiyanagar police in Begusarai arrested Ravindra Mahto in a late-night house raid in Ward No. 28, seizing 1.1 kg of illegal ganja. Police said Mahto, with about four earlier criminal cases including murder, allegedly repacked ganja into small packets for local sale.
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Lohiyanagar police in Begusarai arrested Ravindra Mahto, son of Ganesh Mahto,
with 1 kg100 g of illegal ganja during a late-night raid.[1][2]Mahto is
originally from Pokharia and was living in Ward No. 28 under Lohiyanagar police
station.[1][2]Police said Mahto has a long criminal history, with about four
earlier criminal cases in different stations including a serious offence of
murder.[1][2]He made an unsuccessful attempt to flee when police reached the
suspect house, but officers caught him immediately.[1][2]
Police had received a tip late on Tuesday night that ganja was being bought and
sold illegally from a residential house in Ward No. 28.[1][2]Station house
officer Vikas Kumar formed a special team including additional station house
officer Vishwajit Kumar, and the force raided the named hideout with a deputed
magistrate.[1][2]A detailed search of the house in the magistrate’s presence
recovered a total of 1 kg100 g of illegal ganja.[1][2]The preliminary inquiry
found that he made small packets of the drug and sold them locally at high
prices.[1]
Lohiyanagar police are holding the arrested accused in custody and questioning
him to trace where the consignment came from and who else is involved in the
network, while pursuing further legal action.[1]
The article gives no separate calendar date for the raid; 3 November 2026 is inferred because the report published on 4 November 2026 says the raid happened late Tuesday night.
No charges, custody order or court outcome were reported; police said further strict legal action was under way and questioning continued.
No value, buyer, source place or additional accused was published; police said the consignment's origin and network were still being investigated.
Only one accessible source for this event was found after web search, so no corroborating outlet could be cited.
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