Two arrested with 1.28 kg of ganja in Chhattisgarh's Kanker district
Police in Charama, Kanker district, arrested Ramesh Pidda, 40, and Kanhaiya Vishwakarma, 43, after a tip on 30 October 2026 that ganja was being kept for sale in Pandripani. Officers seized 1 kg 28 g of ganja, which police valued at about ₹51,000, and produced both men in court.
🇮🇳 Pandripani, Charama, Kanker district, Chhattisgarh · India
Police in Charama, Kanker district, arrested two men on suspicion of selling
ganja.[1]The arrests were made in Pandripani, a village under the Charama
police station.[2]The men were Ramesh Pidda, 40, a resident of Pandripani,
and Kanhaiya Vishwakarma, 43, a resident of Bargari in neighbouring Dhamtari
district.[1]
Police said they received a tip on 30 October 2026 that two men were keeping
illegal ganja for sale in the village.[1]A team from Charama police station
and the cyber cell carried out a joint operation.[1]The two were caught at
Pandripani during the operation.[1]Officers recovered 1 kg of ganja from one
man and 10 packets from the other.[2]The total haul was 1 kg28 g.[1]Mobile phones were also seized.[2]Police valued the seized ganja at about
₹51,000.[1]
The two were accused of ganja smuggling and illegal sale.[2]A case was
registered against both men, and they were arrested and produced in court.[1]
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Lead photograph on the report of the Pandripani ganja seizure, captioned 'Information was received about ganja kept for sale in Pandripani'; no separate credit was given.Photo details
The submitted report puts the combined value of the ganja and mobile phones at about ₹52,000, while the earlier report values the ganja alone at about ₹51,000; the report uses the ₹51,000 ganja figure.
The submitted report's headline says the ganja was brought from Odisha, but the accessible text does not give details of that supply route.
The reports do not name the section of the NDPS Act used or the penalty the men could face, and no later court date or outcome was reported.
Both accounts are from Dainik Bhaskar; no independent outlet report of the raid was found.
Coordinates are for Charama town; the reports do not give the exact location within Pandripani.
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