Man held with 10 kg charas worth Rs 10 crore in East Champaran
A joint Bihar STF and DRI team arrested Rajesh Sahni in East Champaran's Dumaria Ghat area and seized 10 kg of charas valued at about Rs 10 crore. Police say he sourced the resin from Nepal for supply across several Indian states, with the seized load bound for Gujarat's Patan district.
🇮🇳 Dumaria Ghat police station area, East Champaran, Bihar · India
A joint team of the Bihar Police Special Task Force (STF) and the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence’s
(DRI) Patna and Muzaffarpur units arrested Rajesh Sahni on Thursday in the Dumaria Ghat police station
area of East Champaran district.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11]He is from Bairiya village in the
Kesaraiya police station area of the same district[12][9][13][10]; two accounts name him Rajesh Kumar
Sahni.[9][13]
The STF’s NDPS cell and the DRI were tipped off as the load left Nepal and followed the courier[13][11],
and stopped the bus he was travelling on at Dumaria Ghat.[4][7][9]He was carrying about 10 kg of
charas, a cannabis resin, in a backpack, which officers valued at about Rs 10 crore.[14][12][15][3][4][9][10]They also took a mobile phone and Rs 2,320 in cash.[12][3]Investigators said public buses were used to
avoid the attention of security agencies.[4]
The route
The STF said Sahni was allegedly part of an international trafficking gang[1][2]that brought charas
from Nepal and supplied it through Bihar to traffickers in Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, Gujarat and
Maharashtra.[1][3][4][5][6]This load was to go to Patan district in Gujarat[14][3][4][6], through Basti in
Uttar Pradesh.[7][9][13]An STF statement said the syndicate planned to move it on several trains and
deliberately delay it to avoid detection, with the onward journey set for 5 November[7]; one account
names Basti and Surat as destinations.[11]Questioned, he said he worked as a courier and had received
the load from a kingpin in Nepal, for a substantial payment.[11]
Investigation
He was taken to the DRI’s zonal office at Imlichatti in Muzaffarpur and questioned for several hours
about his methods and his Nepali suppliers, and on Friday a court sent him to judicial custody.[4]Legal proceedings have begun[1], and the STF said the investigation, including into his criminal
history, was continuing[1][12][5][7][9]; officers were going through his call records to identify the
kingpin and the intended buyers, and expected more arrests.[11]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
दैनिक भास्करbhaskar.comHIमुजफ्फरपुर- DRI, STF ने 10 करोड़ की नेपाली चरस पकड़ी: एक तस्कर गिरफ्तार, नेपाल से लाकर गुजरात पहुंचाना था खेप; आरोपी से पूछताछ जारी
अमर उजालाamarujala.comHIबिहार: प्रदेश में नशे की बड़ी खेप पकड़ी गई, बस से 10 किलो चरस बरामद; डीआरआई खंगाल रही नेटवर्क
The Followupthefollowup.inHIबिहार में 10 करोड़ की चरस बरामद, नेपाल से गुजरात तक फैला था तस्करी का नेटवर्क
Lalluramlalluram.comHIबिहार में 10 किलो नेपाली चरस जब्त, अंतरराष्ट्रीय बाजार में कीमत 10 करोड़, एक तस्कर गिरफ्तार
Prabhasakshiprabhasakshi.comHIBihar Police STF ने जब्त की 10 करोड़ रुपये की चरस, दो अलग-अलग अभियानों में महिला समेत 2 गिरफ्तार
ThePrinttheprint.inBihar STF arrests man with charas worth Rs 10 crore, woman with 61 gm smack
Open questions the AI reported
The incident date of 5 November 2026 is inferred because the reports published on 6 November 2026 say the Dumaria Ghat arrest happened on Thursday.
The same articles report a separate Purnia operation in which a woman was held with 61 grams of smack and a motorcycle; smack is not cannabis, so that seizure, vehicle and arrest are excluded from this cannabis report.
No separate laboratory weight or cannabis-only valuation method was published beyond the reported 10 kg and the about Rs 10 crore official valuation.
No charge, case number or court outcome was reported; the STF said investigation was still under way.
The same page reports a separate Purnea operation with 61 grams of smack and a motorcycle; smack is not cannabis, so that arrest and seizure remain excluded from the cannabis report.
Prabhat Khabar does not give the exact weight of the seized charas; the 10 kg figure is its statement that the suspect was carrying about 10 kg in his backpack.
Prabhat Khabar gives no exact place or time for the bus interception and no district for the Gujarat destination, whereas other accounts name Patan district.
Only the publication date, 6 November 2026, is on the page; the day of the arrest is inferred from its statement that the suspect was produced in court on Friday and the earlier reports that he was held on Thursday.
The page capitalises the accused's name as Rajesh Sahni without further identification; no case number or next court step is given.
The Gandiv Live page carries the same AI-experienced place spelling Dumariya Ghat and describes the arrest as reported by the STF on Friday without naming the DRI's Patna or Muzaffarpur units separately.
The article names no suspect, and describes the joint team as the DRI's Muzaffarpur regional unit with the Bihar STF, without the Patna unit named in other accounts.
Gandiv Live does not name the DRI's Patna or Muzaffarpur units and instead attributes the account to the STF's briefing on Friday; the report and other accounts describe a joint STF-DRI operation.
Gandiv Live does not state the weight of the charas or the site of the interception, giving only the district and the Rs 10 crore valuation in its headline.
Neither this web story nor The Followup gives a charge, case number or court outcome; both say investigation is continuing.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in गांडीव लाइव: The seized consignment was to be delivered to Patan district in Gujarat.
The page attributes the Dumaria Ghat arrest to a joint STF and DRI operation covering the DRI's Patna and Muzaffarpur units, which other accounts reported differently; no case number or charge was published on this page either.
Dainik Bhaskar says the load was to travel by bus through Basti in Uttar Pradesh to Patan, while another account records multiple trains and a deliberate delay; both describe the same Nepal-to-Gujarat route.
The page carries no photo of the seizure: its only image is an uncaptioned headline thumbnail not established to show this consignment or the arrested man.
The page credits the operation to the DRI's Muzaffarpur unit alone, whereas the STF statement named in other accounts describes a joint STF and DRI operation with the DRI's Patna and Muzaffarpur units.
The page gives the weight as about 10 kg rather than a measured packet total, and states no number of packets.
The page names no charge section or case number beyond the arrest on trafficking suspicion, and gives no next court date.
Hindustan names the arrested man Rajesh Kumar, while earlier accounts call him Rajesh Sahni, and gives his village as Bairiya under the Kesaraiya police station; the village name is spelled differently across accounts and the full name is inconsistent.
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.