Bhatar police seize 2 kg of ganja, Rs 4.5 lakh cash; one held
Bhatar police in Purba Bardhaman, West Bengal, recovered about 2 kg of ganja valued at four lakh rupees from a man on 6 November 2026 and detained him, and the report adds that police confiscated a motorbike and 451,600 rupees in cash. It also mentions separate drives in Shaktigarh and Madhabdihi where two suspected traffickers were arrested, without saying whether they are linked.
Bhatar police station officers in Purba Bardhaman, West Bengal, recovered about
2 kg of ganja that police valued at four lakh rupees on Friday.[1]Police
detained one person in the case, named as Udaychand Roy, a resident of the
Banpash Kamarpada area.[1]
The same report says separate drives were also carried out in Shaktigarh and
Madhabdihi.[1]
The seizure took place in Purba Bardhaman district, where the Bhatar police
station is responsible for the area.[1]
Photos and video
The article's own picture, credited only as a staff photo, showing several people standing and sitting; it is not established to show the Bhatar seizure. Photo: Ei SamayPhoto details
The exact weight of ganja, the amount of cash recovered, the confiscated motorbike and the two arrests are reported by the article but could not be retained as figures or facts in this draft, so they remain only as the article's account.
Only one source for the event could be opened; searches in Bengali and English found no second outlet or police statement.
The article gives the day as Friday, 6 November 2026, its publication date, and no separate time for the seizure.
The ganja is described as about 2 kg, and the four lakh rupee figure is police's estimate of the recovered ganja's value.
The article does not say where in Bhatar the ganja was found, or whether a case was filed and under which law.
No court step was reported; the person detained had not been reported as charged.
The article also mentions separate drives at Shaktigarh and Madhabdihi with two arrests but gives no details; they are left out of the figures here.
The page picture is credited only as a staff photo and is not established to show this seizure.
The text gives a weight ("2 kg") but the figures have no kg_seized; check whether it belongs there.
The article counts one person detained in the Bhatar case while its headline says two were arrested with ganja; the report follows the body text.
The article does not say where in Bhatar the ganja and cash were found, or whether a case was filed and under which law.
It is not stated whether the 451,600 rupees are separate from, or related to, the four lakh rupee valuation of the ganja.
No case number, charge or court step is reported for the detained man.
No second outlet or police statement was found for the Bhatar seizure or for the Shaktigarh and Madhabdihi arrests.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in Ei Samay: A motorbike was confiscated and 451,600 rupees in cash were recovered from the arrested man along with the ganja.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in Ei Samay: Separate drives were also carried out at Shaktigarh and Madhabdihi, where two drug traffickers were arrested, bringing the arrests in the overall account to three.
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