Chandauli police find 60 kg of ganja under a car stepney, arrest three
Alinagar police and the SOG stopped a car near Babatpur in Varanasi district on 31 October 2026 and found 60 kg of ganja in 60 packets under the stepney. Three men from Sultanpur and Basti districts were arrested, and police estimated the value at about 20 lakh rupees.
🇮🇳 Babatpur, Varanasi district, Uttar Pradesh · India
- Arrested
- 3
- Cannabis
- 60 kg
- Value (official estimate)
- INR 2,000,000
Alinagar police and the Special Operations Group (SOG) arrested three men with
60 kg of ganja, or cannabis, during a vehicle check on Saturday.[1] Abhishek
Singh was 25, Awadhesh 20 and Naushad 24.[2]
The Alinagar team was checking vehicles near Hamidpur Patanwa.[3] Acting on an
informer’s tip, officers signalled a car coming from Mirzapur to stop.[3] The
driver tried to run the car at the police team.[1] Officers chased the car and
stopped it near Babatpur in Varanasi district.[1] In the boot, under the
stepney (spare wheel), they found 60 packets of ganja.[1] The packets held 60
kg, and police estimated the ganja’s value at about 20 lakh rupees (2 million).[2]
A first information report was registered against all three at Alinagar police
station under sections of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS)
Act and the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS).[2] Police said four criminal cases
were already registered against Abhishek Singh in Sultanpur, including attempted
murder and Arms Act cases.[2] Circle officer Arun Kumar Singh said police
recovered 60 kg of ganja from the three and were taking further action.[2]
Sources
- चंदौली में उड़ीसा से सुलतानपुर ले जाया जा रहा 60 किलो गांजा बरामद, तीन तस्कर गिरफ्तार. Dainik Jagran, 31 October 2026. In Hindi.
- यूपी: पुलिस को कुचलने की कोशिश कर भाग रहे तीन तस्कर गिरफ्तार, कार की स्टेपनी के नीचे छिपाया था 60 किलो गांजा. Amar Ujala, 31 October 2026. In Hindi.
- Chandauli News: 20 लाख का गांजा बरामद, तीन गिरफ्तार. Hindustan (Live Hindustan), 1 November 2026. In Hindi.
Open questions the AI reported
- No report says whether the three men were produced before a magistrate, remanded or granted bail.
- The reports do not say where in Odisha the consignment was loaded or who supplied it.
- Dainik Jagran gives no value for the seizure; the estimate of about 20 lakh rupees is the one Amar Ujala attributes to police, and Hindustan states the same figure.
- Jagran gives Naushad's address only as Sangrampur Chhawani and names no district for it.
- No report says whether the car was seized.
- Left out, as its quotation was not found in Dainik Jagran: Those arrested were Abhishek Singh of Bahorpur Dostpur in Sultanpur district, Awadhesh of Sirsiya Dubauliya in Basti district and Naushad of Sangrampur Chhawani.
- Left out, as its quotation was not found in Dainik Jagran: The men told police they brought ganja by road from Odisha to sell at high prices in Sultanpur and other areas.
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