Two held with 34.3 kg of ganja worth Rs 17 lakh in a Ghazipur Scorpio
Jangipur police arrested two men from Gorakhpur district during a check at the Arsadpur crossing in Ghazipur, Uttar Pradesh, and seized 34.3 kg of ganja that they estimated was worth 1,715,000 rupees. The ganja and a Scorpio were seized and a case was registered under section 8/20 of the NDPS Act.
🇮🇳 Arsadpur crossing, Jangipur, Ghazipur district, Uttar Pradesh · India
Jangipur station officer Om Prakash and sub-inspector Pannelal Yadav, with their
team, arrested two men during a check at the Arsadpur crossing in Ghazipur
district.[1][2][3]
Officers seized34 kg300 g of illegal ganja from them, which police estimated
to be worth 1,715,000 rupees.[1][4][2][3]The two were travelling in a Scorpio, which
police also took possession of.[1][4][2][3]
Police said the two arrested men live in Gorakhpur district, at Mughalpura alias
Muhammadabad village under Pipraich station and at Amrud Mandi, Rajghat, under
Rajghat station.[1][2]
A case, number 238/26, was registered at Jangipur police station under section
8/20 of the NDPS Act, India’s Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act,
and further legal proceedings were under way.[1][2][3]
Police said the SUV tried to evade the vehicle check and was chased and intercepted after a brief pursuit.[4]
The report says one of the two arrested men had two earlier cases registered against him at Rajghat police station in Gorakhpur district, one of them under the NDPS Act.[2]
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The article gives no date for the check and arrests; 7 November 2026 is its publication date and is used as the incident date.
Only one opened account of this event was found, and no police statement or second outlet report could be located to confirm the weight and the vehicle.
No count of the ganja packets, no information on where the ganja was to be sold, and no charge sheet or court outcome were reported.
The place is recorded as Ghazipur district because the article names no village or road for the Arsadpur crossing beyond the Jangipur police station area.
The Times of India names the location as the Arsadpur tri-junction, while the earlier Hindi report called it the Arsadpur crossing; the two are treated as the same spot.
The Times of India counts the seized vehicle only as an SUV and does not name a case number or charges.
The Amar Ujala account says one of the two men already faced two earlier cases registered at Rajghat police station in Gorakhpur, one of them under the NDPS Act; it gives no case numbers or dates for them.
Amar Ujala gives no packet count, no information on where the ganja came from or was to be sold, and no charge sheet or court outcome.
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