Gurugram police seize 673 kg of cannabis from a truck near Rajiv Chowk
Crime Branch officers intercepted a Rajasthan-registered truck near Rajiv Chowk around 1 am on 27 October 2026 and seized 673 kg of marijuana hidden under plastic granules. Driver Mohammad Sabir and cleaner Mohammad Sanawar were remanded for ten days under the NDPS Act.
🇮🇳 Rajiv Chowk, Gurugram, Haryana · India
- Arrested
- 2
- Cannabis
- 673 kg
Gurugram Crime Branch Sector 65, led by sub-inspector Arun, stopped a Rajasthan-registered truck near Rajiv Chowk on the Delhi–Jaipur expressway around 1 am on 27 October 2026 after a tip-off.[1][2]
Officers found 673 kg of marijuana concealed beneath 767 bags of plastic granules that the drivers were carrying from Odisha toward Bhiwadi in Rajasthan.[1][2] Police valued the drugs at about ₹1.25 crore.[1][2]
The driver and truck owner Mohammad Sabir, 34, and co-driver Mohammad Sanawar, 19, both from Khairthal district in Rajasthan, were arrested.[1][2] An FIR was registered at Sadar police station under section 20(b)(ii)(C) of the NDPS Act and a court remanded them to police custody for ten days.[1][2]
Assistant commissioner of police (crime) Naveen Sharma said Sabir was flown to Visakhapatnam on 23 October to load the truck and that this was his third such consignment for ₹2 lakh per run.[1]
Sources
- 673kg marijuana estimated to be worth ₹1.25 crore seized from truck in Gurugram, two held. Hindustan Times, 28 October 2026.
- 673 Kg Cannabis Worth Rs 1.25 Crore Seized In Gurugram, Two Arrested. ETV Bharat, 27 October 2026.
Open questions the AI reported
- Reports describe the intercept on the intervening night of 25–26 October or as about 1 am on Monday 27 October; the FIR was registered on 26 October.
- ETV Bharat said police recovered 23 sacks of cannabis; Hindustan Times did not give a sack count.
- Police said Sabir had made two earlier similar runs and was paid ₹2 lakh per trip; those prior loads were not separately charged in these reports.