Deoband police arrested Kafeel, a resident of Phulas Akbarpur village in the Deoband police-station area of Saharanpur district, during a check of suspicious people and vehicles at the Gopali outpost.[1] Police identified him as the son of Ziaul Haq, also known as Khankah.[1] The patrol and check took place on 11 November 2026.[2] Deoband police made the arrest during a check under Operation Savera, a campaign against the illegal drug trade.[2] Police said the campaign was being run in the Saharanpur range on the orders of the Deputy Inspector General of Police to stop trafficking and sale of narcotics and banned drugs.[2] The Senior Superintendent of Police directed the action, and the Superintendent of Police (Rural) and the Circle Officer, Deoband, supervised it.[2] Station house officer Inspector Sandeep Baliyan led the Deoband police team on patrol and checking.[1]
A body search found 1 kilogram of illegal charas, cannabis resin, which officers seized, and they arrested him at once.[1] Police registered crime number 767/2026 at Deoband police station under sections 8/20 of the NDPS Act, the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act.[1] They said further legal action was under way and that they were producing him before the court.[1]
The team also included sub-inspectors Anand Kumar and Bunty Kumar, head constable Sachin Kumar, and constables Gaurav Tyagi and Amit Kumar.[2] Police said Kafeel already had a 2025 case at the same station under the cow-slaughter law, the animal-cruelty law, the Arms Act and related provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.[2]
