11.6 kg ganja seized from motorcycle in Bhadrachalam; two held
Excise Enforcement officials in Bhadrachalam, Telangana, seized 11.6 kg of dry ganja from a motorcycle during vehicle checks near a sand reach on the Kunavaram–Bhadrachalam road on 11 November 2026 and apprehended two men. The pair, residents of Bharat Nagar in Siddipet district, were allegedly transporting the consignment from Malkangiri to Siddipet.
🇮🇳 Near a sand reach on the Kunavaram–Bhadrachalam road, Bhadrachalam, Telangana · India
Excise Enforcement officials in Bhadrachalam seized11.6 kg of dry ganja during
vehicle checks near a sand reach on the Kunavaram–Bhadrachalam road on
Wednesday, 11 November 2026.[1]Two people were apprehended in connection with
the seizure.[1]
A team led by Excise Enforcement Sub-Inspector CH Srihari Rao intercepted a
suspicious Pulsar NS 200 motorcycle and recovered 11.6 kg of dry ganja from it.[1]The two detained men were identified as Kalva Venkatesh and Koduru Suresh,
both residents of Bharat Nagar in Siddipet district.[1]They were allegedly
transporting the ganja from Malkangiri to Siddipet when they were intercepted.[1]
The seized ganja and the motorcycle were handed over to the Bhadrachalam Excise
Station for further investigation.[1]The mobile phone was handed over with
the ganja and motorcycle for further investigation.[1]
Photos and video
Excise officials with two detained men and the motorcycle stopped during vehicle checks near the sand reach in Bhadrachalam.Photo details
At a Kurnool Narcotics Coordination Centre meeting, police said they had seized 1.5 kg of ganja in taluka limits and another 1.5 kg during an excise operation under Operation Trishul. Three drug cases were registered this month; a separate 20 gram MDMA seizure in Veldurthi was also reported.
Government Railway Police seized 16 kg of ganja from an abandoned bag on an express train at Katpadi railway station in Vellore. Two commuters fled when officers checked the train under Operation Narcos, and GRP Katpadi registered a case.
Bengaluru city police seized 46 kg and 486 grams of ganja and 1 litre and 542 millilitres of hashish oil in raids across eleven police-station areas, an operation in which they arrested 34 people. Police valued all the narcotics seized, including MDMA and cocaine, at Rs 12.61 crore and registered cases under the NDPS Act.
Mahabubabad district police destroyed 99.688 kg of dry ganja, valued at Rs 49.84 lakh, seized in 19 NDPS cases. The court-approved disposal took place at a biomedical waste facility at Gopalpet in Khammam district under the district Drug Disposal Committee.