Two brothers arrested with 22.3 kg of ganja in Sant Kabir Nagar
Police in Dudhara, Sant Kabir Nagar district, Uttar Pradesh, arrested two brothers on 30 October 2026 and seized 22.3 kg of ganja from a fish-farm shed near the Bharwalia Babu canal bridge. Avnish Singh alias Tony and Avinash Singh alias Tinku were booked under the NDPS Act and sent to court.
🇮🇳 Dudhara, Sant Kabir Nagar, Uttar Pradesh · India
- Arrested
- 2
- Charged
- 2
- Cannabis
- 22.3 kg
Police in the Dudhara police station area of Sant Kabir Nagar district, Uttar
Pradesh, arrested two brothers and seized 22 kg 300 g of ganja, or cannabis.[1] The arrests took place on 30 October 2026.[2] The two were Avnish Singh
alias Tony and Avinash Singh alias Tinku, residents of Bharwalia Babu village.[1] Officers caught them at a tin shed on a fish farm near the Bharwalia Babu
canal bridge.[3]
The ganja was packed in 20 packets and kept in five sacks.[1] Station house
officer Surendra Kumar Singh said officers were checking suspicious people and
vehicles when they found the stash.[3] Police registered case 431/2026 against
both at Dudhara police station under sections 8 and 20 of the Narcotic Drugs and
Psychotropic Substances Act.[3] Both were sent to court.[2]
Police described the arrest as part of a campaign against the illegal narcotics
trade in the district.[2] The operation was led by station house officer
Surendra Kumar Singh under Superintendent of Police Sandeep Kumar Meena.[2]
Sources
- संतकबीरनगर: 22.3 किलो गांजे के साथ दो सगे भाई गिरफ्तार. Amar Ujala, 30 October 2026. In Hindi.
- संतकबीरनगर: दुधारा में 22 किलो 300 ग्राम गांजे के साथ दो आरोपी गिरफ्तार, मछली फार्म के टिनशेड से बरामदगी का दावा. Mission Sandesh, 30 October 2026. In Hindi.
- दुधारा पुलिस ने 22 किलो 300 ग्राम गांजा पकड़ा:मछली फार्म के टिनशेड से दो सगे भाई गिरफ्तार, एनडीपीएस एक्ट में केस दर्ज. Dainik Bhaskar, 30 October 2026. In Hindi.
Open questions the AI reported
- No street value for the 22.3 kg of ganja was published.
- The sources do not say whether the brothers were remanded in custody or released on bail after being sent to court, and give no trial date or outcome.
- The three reports repeat the same police account and team details; no independent witness account was found.
- The Amar Ujala account is a video report; its recording could not be played, so the facts here come from its written summary and the two text reports.
- The exact spot is a fish farm's tin shed near the Bharwalia Babu canal bridge; the coordinates are for Dudhara town.