Police in Gautam Buddh Nagar district arrested three men accused of smuggling ganja on 9 November 2026, in a joint operation by the SWAT team and Bisrakh police station.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12] The three were arrested at an under-construction building on Golden Grand Road in Bisrakh, in Greater Noida.[13][2][14][3][4][5][6][15][11] The operation was carried out on input from local intelligence and beat policing, the police account said.[13][4][5]
Police seized 55 kg 124 g of ganja from them, which they estimated to be worth about ₹55 lakh.[13][2][14][3][4][5][16][6][7][8][9][15][11][17][12][18][19] Officers also recovered a Hyundai Aura car used to supply the drug and three mobile phones.[1][3][5][8]
According to the police account, the men bought ganja cheaply in Odisha and other areas and packed it in e-commerce parcels to conceal it.[13][14][4][5][6][7][8][10][11][17][19] According to the police account, the men brought ganja cheaply from Odisha and other areas together with one other accomplice.[2][17] Police said they delivered ganja door to door on demand through the Telegram messaging app and online parcel services, as well as by car.[13][2][14][4][5][6][9][10][15][11][17][19]
Bisrakh police station registered a case under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, India’s main anti-drug law.[13][14][3][4][5][7] Police said one of the arrested men, Wasim, was previously booked in 2024 in an NDPS case at Garhmukteshwar police station in Hapur district.[13][2][3][4][5][17] That earlier case against Wasim was registered under sections 8, 20, 29 and 37.[15] Investigators were working to establish how many other people are linked to the network and where the ganja was supplied.[1][4][5][10]
Police said the men had been running the operation for the past two years, taking bookings through the Telegram app.[2][6][8][17][18]
Bisrakh police station registered the case, numbered 846/2026, under sections 8 and 20 of the NDPS Act.[4]
The seized car is a Hyundai Accent.[16][7][17][18]
Police identified the three arrested men as Alam Khan, 30, of Ghaziabad; Wasim, 26, of Baghpat; and Lakshya Rathore, 19, of Chotpur Colony under Sector-63 police station in Noida.[6][7][10][11][17][18] DCP Central Noida Praveen Ranjan Singh said the three were caught with the ganja consignment at the under-construction building on Golden Grand Road.[2][6][17] According to the police account, the men supplied ganja to students at schools, colleges and universities.[6][19] Police said the men booked orders through Telegram and then sent ganja by parcel through e-commerce sites such as Amazon shipping.[6] The men set the price of a kilogram of ganja at more than about ₹1 lakh, police said.[6] Police said they were searching for other people in the gang and expected to arrest them soon.[6] The Bisrakh arrests were made during a special drive against illegal drug trafficking, Amar Ujala reports.[2][6]
The three were arrested after a police team laid a trap with the informer near the under-construction Golden Grand building, with the ganja consignment on them.[20] Police said the seized ganja was of premium quality in high demand among young people and was delivered by taxi where orders came in.[20]
