1.88 kg ganja seized in Bettiah house raid; son held, father missing
Bettiah Mufassil police raided Angad Mahto's house at Karnameya and seized 1.88 kg of ganja allegedly kept for sale. Officers arrested his son Vicky Kumar and sent him to judicial custody, while Mahto was absent and both were booked in an FIR.
🇮🇳 Angad Mahto's house at Karnameya, Bettiah, West Champaran, Bihar · India
Mufassil police in Bettiah raided the house of Karnameya resident Angad Mahto on
Wednesday night after receiving a secret tip-off.[1]Officers arrested Angad
Mahto’s son Vicky Kumar at the house during the raid.[1]Angad Mahto himself
was not found at home when officers searched the house.[1]Police registered a
first information report against both Angad Mahto and his son Vicky Kumar in
connection with the seizure.[1]After questioning, police sent Vicky Kumar to
judicial custody.[1]
Officers recovered 1 kg880 g of ganja from Angad Mahto’s house during the
search.[1]Police said the ganja had been concealed in the house for sale.[1]Mufassil station house officer Kanchan Bhaskar confirmed that 1 kg880 g of
ganja was recovered from Vicky Kumar’s house.[1]
Mufassil station sub-inspectors Girjanand and Amit Kumar were among the officers
who searched the house and recovered the ganja.[1]Police said they had
received specific information that ganja was stored in Angad Mahto’s house
before mounting the raid.[1]The seized ganja was weighed in the presence of
the Chanpatia circle officer.[1]
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The article says the raid happened on Wednesday night; 4 November 2026 was the Wednesday before its 5-6 November publication and is used as the incident date.
Only one accessible source for this event was found after searching in Hindi and English; no second outlet or police statement was available.
The FIR sections, case number and NDPS charges were not published.
No value, origin or destination for the ganja was published.
No court outcome beyond Vicky Kumar being sent to judicial custody was reported, and whether Angad Mahto has been caught is not known.
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