Police in the Nadi police-station area of Patna district arrested a father and son with 10.318 kilograms of ganja, the local name for cannabis, and seized the CNG auto used to carry it.[1] The two are Sanjeev Kumar, 21, and his father Amarnath Rai, 50, of Saidpur in the Rustampur police-station area of Vaishali district.[2] A press note from the Fatuha subdivisional police office, reported by Prabhat Khabar, dated the action 28 October 2026.[2]
A search with a magistrate present found the 10.318 kilograms hidden under the driver’s seat.[1] Officers seized the ganja and the auto, registration BR-01PP-5234, and arrested both the driver and the owner.[3] Police put the estimated price at about 2 lakh rupees.[1]
Fatuha subdivisional police officer Awadhesh Kumar said at a Thursday press conference that a Wednesday tip described ganja moving by auto from Rustampur via the Tinmuhani bridge toward Patna city.[1] Led by the station house officer, the team and a deputed magistrate waited under the bridge; when the driver saw police he turned and fled, and officers chased and caught the auto.[3] The tip reached Nadi police at about 10:05 a.m. on 28 October that a CNG tempo was bringing a consignment from Rustampur to be taken toward Patna by the Pipa Pul route.[2] The team then cordoned the road under Pipa Pul toward Kharbandi, where the driver of a suspicious CNG tempo tried to flee.[2]
Nadi police station registered case 426/2026 on 28 October 2026 and opened a case under the NDPS Act.[2] Station house officer Saddam Hussain led the raid, with additional station house officer Devkaran Bunty, Santosh Kumar, Manoj Kumar and other Nadi officers.[2]
