4.8 kg of cannabis seized from an auto-rickshaw near Lanka station, Assam
Officials searched an auto-rickshaw near Lanka Railway Station in Assam's Hojai district and recovered 4.8 kg of suspected cannabis. The search followed Hojai District Commissioner Plaban Nath's initiative, and a Lanka resident has been named in connection with the case.
🇮🇳 Near Lanka Railway Station, Lanka, Hojai district, Assam · India
A total of 4.8 kg of suspected cannabis was seized from an auto-rickshaw near
Lanka Railway Station in Assam’s Hojai district.[1]The auto-rickshaw,
registration number AS-31-C-3589, was searched following the initiative of Hojai
District Commissioner Plaban Nath.[1]Officials recovered the 4.8 kg of
cannabis from the vehicle during that search.[1]
A person identified as Ganesh Das, a resident of Lanka, has been named in
connection with the incident.[1]The source of the suspected cannabis and its
intended destination were not yet known when the account was published.[1]
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Officials and the person named in the Lanka station seizure.Photo details
The account gives no separate date for the search; 29 October 2026 is its publication date and is used as the incident date.
The substance is described only as suspected cannabis, with no laboratory confirmation reported.
The account does not say whether anyone was arrested, detained or charged, or where the case stands, saying only that further details are awaited.
No source or intended destination of the consignment was established, so no trafficking route is recorded.
The article does not say which policing agency carried out the search, only that it followed the District Commissioner's initiative; the District Commissioner is recorded as the initiating office, not a police force.
Only one accessible source for this event was found; searches in English and Assamese produced no second account.
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