Four arrested with 10 kg of cannabis in a cab near Jammu's Nagrota
Jammu's Anti Narcotics Task Force arrested four suspected inter-state smugglers and seized about 10 kg of cannabis, valued at more than Rs 30 lakh, from a cab stopped on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway near Nagrota. Police suspect the cannabis came from Ramban and was bound for Mumbai, and registered an NDPS case.
🇮🇳 Near IIM Nagrota, Jammu-Srinagar national highway, Jammu · India
Jammu’s Anti Narcotics Task Force arrested four suspected inter-state drug
smugglers in the outskirts of Jammu city on Wednesday, 1 April 2026.[1]The
four were travelling in a cab that officers stopped on the Jammu-Srinagar
national highway near the Indian Institute of Management at Nagrota.[1]Police
said the ANTF team acted on specific intelligence and searched the vehicle
following due legal procedures.[1]
The search recovered a consignment of high-grade cannabis weighing about 10 kg,
and all the occupants were taken into custody.[1]Officials put the value of
the seized cannabis at more than Rs 30 lakh.[1]The arrested men were
identified as Amar Chand of Ramban district, Sachin Verma and Vijay Verma of
Gonda district in Uttar Pradesh, and Aakash Ramsuhel Verma of Surat in Gujarat.[1]
Preliminary investigation indicated the four belonged to a trafficking syndicate
with links beyond Jammu and Kashmir, officials said.[1]The cannabis was
suspected to have been sourced from Ramban and to be bound for distribution in
Mumbai.[1]Police registered a case under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic
Substances (NDPS) Act, India’s main drug law, at a police station in Jammu.[1]Officers said further investigation was under way to identify and arrest other
members of the network, including its forward and backward linkages.[1]
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Police in Sirari bazaar in Bihar's Sheikhpura district seized 150 grams of ganja from a paan stall and arrested Doman Singh, also known as Prabhakar Singh. The stall stands on Purana Station Road within 500 metres of an educational institution, and the station chief said an FIR was registered under the NDPS Act.
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Police in Station Ghanpur, Jangaon district, Telangana, arrested four men accused of selling dried ganja, including the man who bought some, and seized 40 grams of the drug, a mobile phone and 1,000 rupees in cash. Circle Inspector S. Srinivas said a case was registered against the four and they were remanded to judicial custody.
