Bastar police arrested seven people and seized 476 kg 500 g of ganja in Jagdalpur on 5 November 2026.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17] Three of the seven are minors; the four adults are Bhagwan Pangi, 25, Ghansi Khilo, 21, Rohini Gallauri, 27, and Chitrasen Gallauri, 22[2][7][8][11][18][13][15], listed with their fathers’ names as sons of Hari Pangi, Sundaro Khilo, Lachhu Gallori and Kamlu Gallori.[9] All seven come from Kantamadi village in the Korkonda police station area of Malkangiri district, Odisha.[2][11][13][15] Haribhoomi called it the largest action Bastar police had taken that year.[2]

The interception

The interception came during a district drive against drug trafficking ordered by superintendent of police Shalabh Kumar Sinha[9], by a team with Additional Superintendent Sukhnandan Singh Rathore, city superintendent Anshika Jain, deputy superintendent Chandrahas Sinha and station in-charge Tameshwar Chauhan.[19] A tip-off told Boghaghat police that a white pickup carrying ganja from Malkangiri via Kurandi was heading for Jagdalpur, and officers set up a blockade near the Adamvali railway crossing[2][5][19][11][13]; police sealed off roads in Bastar.[1][6] They saw two young men on a motorcycle riding ahead to scout for police, and stopped the pickup when its occupants tried to flee.[2][19][11] The pickup bore the registration CG 17 KL 0411[8][11][15][17] and the motorcycle OD 30 B 6256[8]; both were seized.[1][3][4][6][20][14]

The load

The pickup held 450 packets of ganja in 15 sacks[2][5][7][9][13][15], being taken from Odisha towards Uttar Pradesh[1][3][4][5][6][8][20][11][18][13][14][15][16], and the suspects had no valid documents for it.[7][19][11] Police valued it at 2 crore 38 lakh 25 thousand rupees[2][7][8][11][18][13][14][15], about 2 crore 38 lakh by another account.[1][6][16] Officers also seized six old touchscreen mobile phones, worth about 60,000 rupees[19], and 1,500 rupees in cash.[2][5][19][11][13][15][21][17]

Court

Additional Superintendent Rathore said a case was registered under section 20(b)(iii)(C) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act[2]; another account gives section 20(b)(ii)(C).[15][21] The four adults were produced before the special NDPS court in Jagdalpur and sent on judicial remand, and the juvenile-justice procedure was followed for the three children.[8][9][11][15][21] Police are examining who registered and used the vehicles and questioning the accused to trace suppliers in Odisha and buyers in Uttar Pradesh.[1][4][10][14]