A joint RPF and GRP team arrested 22-year-old Chhoti Kumari with 12.756 kg of ganja on platform 1 at Gaya Junction on the morning of 14 November 2026.[1][2][3][4] The RPF’s Gaya in-charge, Banarasi Yadav, gave the account of the arrest to reporters on the Saturday.[3] India TV described the raiding team as a joint RPF, CID, narcotics and GRP operation.[3] She was travelling in the general coach of the Dhanbad-Shakurbasti Express when the team searched her bag after a tip-off about train number 03639.[1][2][3][4] She was identified as the daughter of Gopal Kahar of Sonadih village, Kargahar police station area, Rohtas district.[1][2][4]
She told police she had received the ganja at Sambalpur in Odisha and was carrying it to Sasaram in Bihar for money.[1][2][3][4] The search of her bag found 12 bundles of ganja weighing a total of 12.756 kg.[1][2][3][4] Officers put the estimated market value of the seized ganja at Rs637,800.[1][2][3][4] The seizure was made in the presence of Assistant Security Commissioner, RPF Gaya, Sanjay Kumar Singh, with Sub-Inspector Dhirendra Kumar completing the seizure formalities.[1][2] Woman police constable Chanda Devi assisted in arresting her.[2]
The joint RPF-GRP team acted under Operation Narcos.[5][2] After the arrest and seizure, the RPF team handed the seized ganja and the arrested woman to GRP police station Gaya.[1][2][4] GRP Gaya registered case number 285/26 dated 14 November 2026 on the written complaint of RPF Sub-Inspector Dhirendra Kumar.[1][2][3][4] The case was registered under sections 8/20(b)(ii)B of the NDPS Act, with further legal action and investigation to be done by the GRP.[1][2]
