Raisen woman held with 5.342 kg of weed at Jabalpur station
Government Railway Police arrested 35-year-old Baidehi Bai on Platform No. 2 of Jabalpur railway station on 7 October 2026 and seized 5.342 kg of weed from her bag, valued by police at Rs 1,33,550. The Raisen woman, who was living in Odisha's Bargarh district, is accused of smuggling the weed by train as part of a network that recruits poor women and girls as carriers.
Government Railway Police officers arrested 35-year-old Baidehi Bai on Platform
No. 2 of Jabalpur railway station in October 2026 with 5.342 kg of weed in her
bag.[1]The arrest took place on the morning of 7 October 2026, during
platform checks at the Itarsi end of platforms 2 and 3.[2]Five packets
wrapped in white cloth were found inside the cloth bag she was carrying.[2]Police estimated the seized weed at Rs 1,33,550.[2]
Baidehi Bai is a resident of Raisen and was living in Bargarh district of
Odisha.[1]She is accused of smuggling weed from Odisha into Madhya Pradesh.[1]The GRP registered a case against her under Section 8/20 of the NDPS Act
and said it was investigating the source of the marijuana.[2]Station House
Officer Sanjeevani Rajput led the operation.[2]
A Bhaskar investigation found that needy girls are recruited into teams as
players, coaches and support staff and then used to transport illegal substances
to other states.[1]A woman player who was caught and jailed said carriers are
paid Rs 20,000 to Rs 30,000 for delivering one consignment.[1]Crime Branch
ASP Jitendra Singh said more weed smuggling cases are reported on the routes
from Odisha to Nagpur and Raipur, with smugglers travelling in general coaches.[1]Weed is available in Odisha for around Rs 2,000 to Rs 5,000 per kg, while
its price in Madhya Pradesh can reach Rs 20,000 per kg.[1]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Arrested
1
Cannabis
5.342 kg
Value (official estimate)
INR 133,550
Agency
Government Railway Police (GRP), Jabalpur
Agency type
Police
Cannabis
Herbal cannabis (5.342 kg)
Activity
Smuggling
Setting
Street or public place
Charge
Section 8/20 of the NDPS Act
Case stage
Under investigation
Region
Madhya Pradesh
Route
India → India
Sources
Bhaskar Englishbhaskarenglish.inSports jerseys, kit bags concealing weed: New trafficking racket uses train journeys in the name of tournaments; how vulnerable girls are being exploited
The Bhaskar account dates the arrest only to October 2026; the day, 7 October 2026, comes from The Hitavada.
The other three arrests described in the Bhaskar investigation - a student duo held with 11 kg in August 2026, a woman accused of arranging supplies in September 2026, and a woman held with about 3 kg after arriving on the Valsad-Puri Express - are separate events and are not covered by this report.
The woman player interviewed by Bhaskar is not named, and no date or place was published for her own arrest.
No court appearance, remand order, charge sheet or trial outcome was reported for Baidehi Bai.
The network's payment and price figures come from one police officer's statements and one carrier's account, and no independent confirmation was published.
Police in three Indore police-station areas arrested three men in separate actions and seized 1 kg 237 g of ganja, 18.33 g of charas and 7.58 g of brown sugar, a heroin form. All three were booked under the NDPS Act and police said they were questioning them about where the drugs came from and whom they supplied.
Ujjain police arrested three men in separate stops in Khachraud, Bhatpachlana and Nanakheda under Operation Prahar, seizing 2.587 kg of ganja. Police said the three were caught with 752 grams, 549 grams and 1.286 kilograms, and NDPS cases were registered against all of them.
Selaiyur police arrested a man they identified as Martin and seized 21 kg of ganja he was selling at the Puthuvancheri cremation ground in Tambaram, Tamil Nadu. He fractured his left leg while jumping the ground's compound wall to escape and was treated at the Tambaram district government headquarters hospital before being produced in court and jailed.
Deoband police arrested Kafeel, of Phulas Akbarpur, during a check at the Gopali outpost on 11 November 2026 and seized 1 kg of charas. They registered crime number 767/2026 under sections 8/20 of the NDPS Act and were producing him before the court.
