Police in the Dhanarua police station area of Patna district, Bihar, arrested a man at Pabhedi village on Saturday 31 October 2026 on suspicion of selling ganja.[1] He was identified as Omprakash Yadav, also known as Bhagwan, the son of the late Bhuvneshwar Prasad of Pabhedi village; he was about 40 years old.[1]

Police recovered 64 small packets, known in Hindi as pudiya, containing a total of 130 grams of ganja, the local name for cannabis, from his gumti, a small roadside kiosk.[2] Dhanarua station house officer Amit Kumar said police acted on a tip-off that ganja was being sold in the area and checked the information before moving.[1] Kumar said Yadav was accused of keeping the drug for sale in the kiosk.[1]

The station house officer said legal proceedings in the case were continuing.[1] He said police were investigating where Yadav obtained the ganja and whether other people were involved.[1]