Two arrested with 900 g of ganja near a Shiva temple in Bilaspur
Seepat police and the Anti Crime and Cyber Unit in Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh, arrested two men and seized 900 grams of ganja, valued at 45,000 rupees, near the Baba Dham Shiva temple in Matiyari village on 12 November 2026. Police registered a case against both under the NDPS Act and sent them to jail on judicial remand.
🇮🇳 Matiyari village, Seepat police station area, Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh · India
Seepat police and the Anti Crime and Cyber Unit arrested two men near the Baba
Dham Shiva temple in Matiyari village and seized a total of 900 grams of ganja,
which police valued at 45,000 rupees.[1]
Police said on 12 November an informer told them a man was near the Baba Dham
Shiva temple in Matiyari, with ganja in a white plastic bag ready to sell; a
joint Seepat police and ACCU team raided the spot.[1]Police arrested Kavi
Shikari, 32, of Matiyari, and Bhakoli Vanjkar, 52, of Bandhavpara Imlibhata
under the Sarkanda police station.[1]
A search recovered 500 grams of ganja in a white plastic bag from Kavi Shikari
and 400 grams in a blue plastic cover from Bhakoli Vanjkar; police seized the
900 grams in total.[1]Police registered a case against both under section
20(B) of the NDPS Act and sent them to jail on judicial remand.[1]
The action was carried out at the order of senior police commissioner Rajnish
Singh, as part of a continuing drive against the illegal dry-drugs trade in the
district.[2]
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