Stall owner held with 21 kg ganja sold as chicken rolls in Bhubaneswar
Maitri Vihar police arrested fast-food stall operator Harekrushna Badatia in Bhubaneswar after seizing 21 kg of ganja he was carrying on a scooter. Police allege he brought cannabis from Kandhamal and sold ganja rolls disguised as chicken rolls from his Khandagiri Square stall.
Maitri Vihar police in Bhubaneswar arrested fast-food stall operator Harekrushna
Badatia for allegedly selling ganja rolls disguised as chicken rolls.[1]Badatia, a native of the Ganjam area, had opened a fast-food stall at Khandagiri
Square where he prepared and sold different kinds of fast food.[1]A huge
crowd also used to gather at his food stall.[1]He was allegedly selling ganja
rolls under the guise of chicken rolls.[1]
A Maitri Vihar police team intercepted Badatia while he was transporting ganja
on a scooty.[1]During the inspection, officers found 21 kg of ganja and
arrested him along with the cannabis.[1]Police said Badatia procured the
cannabis from Kandhamal district and sold it at his fast-food stall in the
capital city.[1]He sold it using what police called a unique, deceptive
technique.[1]
The ganja he carried was cannabis.[1]The case took place in Bhubaneswar,
described as the state capital city.[1]A further probe into the matter was
under way.[1]
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Arrested
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Cannabis
21 kg
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Police
Cannabis
Herbal cannabis
Activity
Sale
Setting
Street or public place
Case stage
Under investigation
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The article gives no separate date for the interception and arrest; 2 November 2026 is its publication date and is used as the incident date.
No charges, custody ruling or court outcome were reported; the police probe was still under way.
Only one accessible account of this event was found after searching for the accused's name, the police unit and the seizure details, so the account rests on a single source.
The exact place of the scooty interception was not specified beyond the Bhubaneswar case; the stall itself was at Khandagiri Square.
It is unclear how much of the 21 kg had been converted into ganja rolls versus held in bulk.
Kangra district police's CIA team arrested two men from Chamba district with 1.107 kg of charas in the Sokru Dam area of Baijnath. A case was registered under the NDPS Act at Baijnath police station, and police said they were questioning the men about the source of the charas and where it was to be supplied.
Police in Sirari bazaar in Bihar's Sheikhpura district seized 150 grams of ganja from a paan stall and arrested Doman Singh, also known as Prabhakar Singh. The stall stands on Purana Station Road within 500 metres of an educational institution, and the station chief said an FIR was registered under the NDPS Act.
Bandipora police arrested two men travelling on a scooty at Gunchipora near Bakshi Bund on 11 November 2026 and recovered 914 grams of a suspected cannabis powder-like substance from them. Police registered FIR No. 244/2026 at Police Station Sumbal under the NDPS Act and said they were investigating the source of the contraband and its supply links.
Police in Station Ghanpur, Jangaon district, Telangana, arrested four men accused of selling dried ganja, including the man who bought some, and seized 40 grams of the drug, a mobile phone and 1,000 rupees in cash. Circle Inspector S. Srinivas said a case was registered against the four and they were remanded to judicial custody.
