Man held with 3.63 kg of ganja and a pistol near Durg's Padmanabhpur
Padmanabhpur police in Chhattisgarh's Durg district arrested a 26-year-old man on a tip and found 3.63 kg of ganja in a white sack, police said. They also seized a pistol with a magazine, ₹17,500 in cash and his scooter, booked him under the NDPS and Arms acts and sent him to judicial remand.
🇮🇳 Near the railway crossing under the Urla dam bridge, Padmanabhpur police-station area, Durg, Chhattisgarh · India
Padmanabhpur police arrested a 26-year-old man after a tip that a youth was
moving about near the railway crossing under the Urla dam bridge to sell ganja.[1]Police named him Suryadev Kothari, alias Gopa, 26, a resident of
Kundrapapara, Potiyakala, Durg.[1]On searching him, officers found 3 kg630 g
of ganja in a white sack.[1]Police estimated the ganja at about ₹1,80,000.[1]The search also turned up a pistol with a magazine and ₹17,500 in cash.[1]Police seized a scooter, registration CG07BY5096, that they said was being
used for ganja sales, and valued it at about ₹30,000.[1]Police put the total
value of the ganja, pistol, cash and scooter at about ₹2,27,500.[1]
He was booked at Padmanabhpur police station in crime number 751/2026 under
sections 20(b) and 27(a) of the NDPS Act, India’s narcotics law, and section 25
of the Arms Act.[2]He was arrested on 12 November and produced in court.[1]The court sent him to judicial remand.[1]Police said the investigation was
continuing.[2]
The account said he kept the pistol and magazine to frighten people.[1]Local
Hindi news site Khabar Karmyogi carried the same police account and the same 3
kg630 g recovery.[2]Police said action against illegal ganja sellers and
people keeping weapons in the district was continuing.[1]
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Arrested
1
Cannabis
3.63 kg
Vehicles confiscated
1
Cash confiscated
INR 17,500
Value (official estimate)
INR 180,000
Agency
Padmanabhpur police station
Agency type
Police
Cannabis
Herbal cannabis (3.63 kg)
Activity
Sale, Possession
Setting
Street or public place
Charges
sections 20(b) and 27(a) of the NDPS Act; section 25 of the Arms Act
Case stage
Charged
Region
Chhattisgarh
Sources
Dainik Bhaskarbhaskar.comHIगांजा तस्करी का आरोपी पिस्टल और मैगजीन के साथ गिरफ्तार: लोगों को डराने रखा था हथियार, पुलिस ने घेरकर पकड़ा; 3.63 किलो गांजा भी बरामद
खबर कर्मयोगी न्यूजkhabarkarmyogi.inHIदुर्ग/अवैध गांजा बिक्री एवं पिस्टल रखने वाला आरोपी गिरफ्तार, 3 किलो 630 ग्राम गांजा, पिस्टल, एक्टिवा वाहन एवं ₹17,500 नगद सहित कुल सामग्री जप्त
Open questions the AI reported
The ganja weight is the police-recorded weight of material described as ganja, with no laboratory confirmation reported.
The tip, cordon and recovery are dated 11 November, while both accounts say the arrest was recorded and the suspect produced in court on 12 November; 11 November is used as the incident date.
The 1,80,000-rupee figure is the police estimate for the ganja alone; the 2,27,500-rupee total also includes the pistol, cash and scooter.
The pistol's make and whether it was licensed were not reported.
No court outcome beyond the judicial remand, and no charge sheet or trial date, was reported.
Where the ganja came from and whether anyone else was involved were not reported.
Both accounts closely follow the same Padmanabhpur police statement, and neither page photograph carries a credit.
The exact spot under the Urla dam bridge is named but no address is given, so the coordinates are for Padmanabhpur locality.
Police in Pazhayangadi, Kannur district, arrested a 25-year-old worker from West Bengal, Biswajit Mandal, and seized 1.106 kg of ganja from him. A DANSAF team under the Kannur City Police Commissioner made the arrest in the early hours of 12 November 2026 near the Amayi level crossing.
Excise officials in Karimnagar town, Telangana, raided the Kothirapur area and arrested two people, Ghasiram and Lakshmi, on suspicion of selling ganja, seizing 530 grams of the drug. The operation was led by Circle Inspector Lobanand on the orders of the Assistant Commissioner of Enforcement, and the accounts report no charge or court outcome.
Police on patrol near the Tsunami Nagar burial ground in Devanampattinam detained 24-year-old Akash and seized ganja found in his possession. Questioning showed he had tried to sell the drug, and police registered a case and arrested him.
Panvel city police raided a flat in the MMRDA colony at Palaspe Phata after a tip-off and found 4.255 kg of ganja hidden in its bathroom, arresting Siddharth Ramdas More, 41. Officers also seized an electronic weighing scale, plastic pouches, a stapler and pins, and put the ganja's value at Rs 2,12,700.
