Four held with 103.6 kg of cannabis hidden in truck near Jhalawar
Police in Jhalawar's Dag station area stopped a truck of iron rods at a night blockade near Dudhalia outpost and found 103.6 kg of cannabis concealed under the load, arresting its two occupants and two men in an escort car, one of them an army soldier on leave. Police said the consignment came from Odisha for supply in Jhalawar and valued the cannabis at about ₹1 crore.
🇮🇳 Dudhalia outpost, Dag police station, Jhalawar district, Rajasthan · India
Police in Jhalawar district, Rajasthan, stopped a truck carrying iron rods at a
blockade near the Dudhalia outpost under Dag police station in the middle of the
night and found 103.6 kg of cannabis hidden among the rods.[1]Officers
arrested the truck’s driver, identified in the reporting as 35-year-old Zahir
Khan, and his associate, 28-year-old Vinod Sharma, at the scene.[2]
Jhalawar Superintendent of Police Amit Kumar said the consignment had been
brought from Odisha for delivery in Jhalawar, and that the seized cannabis was
worth about ₹1 crore.[1]
All four were booked under the NDPS Act and were being questioned to identify
others in the network.[1]Police seized the truck and the luxury car used in
the operation, and the article put the combined value of the drugs and vehicles
at about ₹2 crore.[1]The PTI account adds that police also booked a woman
tour-travel operator for providing a private-numbered vehicle to the soldier to
escort the truck.[2]
Photos and video
The truck and the car police seized with the cannabis consignment, captioned that police seized a truck and a car along with marijuana worth one crore; no credit is given.Photo details
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Arrested
4
Cannabis
103.6 kg
Vehicles confiscated
2
Value (official estimate)
INR 10,000,000
Agency
Jhalawar district police, Dag police station
Agency type
Police
Cannabis
Herbal cannabis (103.6 kg)
Activity
Trafficking
Setting
Land border
Charge
NDPS Act offences, sections not reported
Case stage
Under investigation
Region
Rajasthan
Route
India → India
Sources
Bhaskar Englishbhaskarenglish.inArmy soldier on leave caught smuggling in Jhalawar; 103 kg cannabis seized; used official ID card to escort drug consignment from Odisha
The reports date the interception to the night of Tuesday 26 August 2025, with the superintendent of police speaking on Wednesday 27 August.
The ages of the accused differ: Bhaskar English gives the soldier as 35 and PTI as 34, and PTI names the fourth man Anwar alias Ashu while other accounts call him Anwar alias Annu.
The value is reported inconsistently: about ₹1 crore for the cannabis alone in the Bhaskar accounts, while one Bhaskar passage puts the combined value of cannabis and vehicles at about ₹2 crore.
The place is given only as near the Dudhalia outpost under Dag police station; coordinates are those of Jhalawar district headquarters.
No charge sheet or court outcome was reported beyond the NDPS Act case registration.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in TV9 Hindi: A white car escorting the truck was stopped as well, and the two men in it were also arrested, bringing the number held to four.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in Dainik Bhaskar: One of the men in the car was an Indian Army soldier on transfer leave, and police recovered an army identity card in his own name that he said he used to clear police blockades with the consignment and to alert his companions.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in Dainik Bhaskar: Dainik Bhaskar reported that the seized cannabis was to be supplied in Jhalrapatan and was to be sold in small packets.
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