Auto driver held with 1.94 kg ganja in Hyderabad's Bandlaguda
Hyderabad's Task Force (Charminar) and local police arrested 38-year-old auto driver Shaik Asif near Bandlaguda X Roads on 31 October 2026. Officers seized about 1.94 kg of ganja valued at Rs 1 lakh plus a mobile phone; police say he sourced it in Nagpur for resale in Hyderabad.
🇮🇳 Bandlaguda X Roads, Bandlaguda, Hyderabad · India
- Arrested
- 1
- Cannabis
- 1.94 kg
- Value (official estimate)
- INR 100,000
Hyderabad’s Task Force (Charminar) and local police arrested auto driver Shaik
Asif in Bandlaguda for allegedly selling marijuana.[1] He is a 38-year-old
resident of New Indira Nagar, Bandlaguda.[2] Acting on a tip-off, officers
caught him near Bandlaguda X Roads while he was allegedly waiting for customers.[1]
Officers seized approximately 1.94 kg of ganja from him.[1] Officers also
seized one mobile phone from him.[1] Police said Asif had procured around 2 kg
of marijuana from an unidentified person in Nagpur at Rs 5,000 per kg and
planned to sell it at higher prices to customers in Ghouse Nagar and Crystal
Town Colony.[1] He had gone to Nagpur on October 28, purchased two kilograms
of ganja for Rs 10,000, and returned to Hyderabad.[2]
Police said Asif is addicted to ganja and turned to peddling because his
auto-driver income was insufficient to meet his expenses.[2] Police said
further investigation is continuing.[1]
Sources
- Auto driver held with 1.94 kg marijuana in Hyderabad. Telangana Today, 1 November 2026.
- Auto driver caught with 1.94 kg ganja in Hyderabad. The Siasat Daily, 31 October 2026.
Open questions the AI reported
- The Telangana Today page labels its image 'Representational image', so it is omitted as non-event media.
- Whether the lead photo on the Siasat page shows this seizure is not established.
- The reports describe about 2 kg procured in Nagpur and 1.94 kg seized; only the 1.94 kg seized is counted in figures.
- The reports name no charge or court outcome; further investigation was said to be continuing.
- The reports differ slightly on the arresting unit: Telangana Today names the Task Force (Charminar) and local police, while Siasat names the Commissioner’s Task Force, Charminar Zone team; the report uses the shared description.
- Left out, as its quotation was not found in The Siasat Daily: Police valued the seized drug at around Rs 1 lakh.
