Davangere task force books 23 in drug cases; ganja seller held with 300 g
The Anti-Narcotics Task Force of Davangere district police registered cases against 23 people in a week-long crackdown, including a 23-year-old held for allegedly selling ganja, with 300 grams and ₹1,100 in cash seized. Twenty-two others were booked for allegedly consuming narcotics across five police station limits.
The Anti-Narcotics Task Force of Davangere district police registered cases
against 23 people in a week-long crackdown on the sale, transport and
consumption of narcotic substances.[1]
One of the operations was a raid on a public place in Manome Layout, under
K.T.J. Nagar police station.[1]There the team arrested Mohammed Sahil, 23, of
Davangere, for allegedly selling ganja illegally.[1]Police seized300 grams
of ganja (0.3 kg) and ₹1,100 in cash from him.[1]
Sahil had earlier been booked in two cases under Section 27(b) of the Narcotic
Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, one at K.T.J. Nagar police station
and another at R.M.C. police station.[1]In a separate drive during the week,
the task force registered cases against 22 people for allegedly consuming
narcotic substances in different police station limits.[1]The police listed
eight of them in Badaavane police station limits, four in K.T.J. Nagar, one in
Gandhinagar, three in Vidyanagar and six in Santhebennur.[1]
The operations were conducted on the directions of the district Superintendent
of Police and under the guidance of the Additional Superintendent of Police.[1]The district police said the task force would continue its drive against
the sale, transport and consumption of narcotic substances.[1]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Arrested
1
Charged
23
Cannabis
300 g
Cash confiscated
INR 1,100
Agency
Anti-Narcotics Task Force, Davangere district police
Agency type
Anti-narcotics agency
Cannabis
Herbal cannabis (300 g)
Activity
Sale, Possession
Setting
Street or public place
Charges
selling ganja illegally under the NDPS Act; consuming narcotic substances
No separate date is given for the raid or the week-long drive; 10 November 2026 is the publication date and is used as the incident date.
The article counts cases, not people: whether the 22 booked for consumption are distinct individuals and how many of the 23 cases involve cannabis rather than other narcotics is not stated.
No name or court outcome is reported for the 22 people booked for consumption, and the section charged against them is not given.
The 300 grams was the amount seized from the one arrested seller; no figure is given for the cannabis involved in the other cases.
The whole account rests on one report of the district police's figures; no second outlet or police statement on the same operations was found.
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.
