Two Kerala men held with 317 kg of ganja in Bengaluru
Kumbalagodu police arrested two Kerala nationals in Bengaluru on 13 October 2026, seizing 317 kg of ganja worth Rs 1.78 crore from a rented car moving the drugs from Odisha to Kerala. The operation was led by DCP Saumyata SK and ACP Satyavati KS.
🇮🇳 Kumbalagodu, Bengaluru · India
- Arrested
- 2
- Cannabis
- 317 kg
- Value (official estimate)
- INR 17,800,000
Kumbalagodu police arrested two men from another state for transporting ganja and seized
317 kg of the drug along with an Innova car on Tuesday 13 October 2026.[1][2] Acting on an
informant’s tip under a press note from the Commissioner of Police’s office dated 11 October,
officers stopped the rented car the suspects were using to move narcotics from Odisha to
Kerala via Bengaluru.[1][2]
The seized ganja was valued at Rs 1.78 crore, with a street value of about Rs 3.17 crore.[1][2] Police identified the arrested men as Kerala nationals; the operation was led by DCP
Saumyata SK and ACP Satyavati KS.[1][2]
Sources
- Bengaluru: Two inter-state drug peddlers arrested with 317 kg ganja worth Rs 1.78 crore. ANI, 13 October 2026. Read via the Desi Talk Chicago mirror of the ANI wire report.
- Bengaluru Police Seize 317 kg Cannabis in Major Bust. The World Opinion, 13 October 2026.
Open questions the AI reported
- The reports do not name the two arrested men or say what happened to them after the arrest.