New Kamptee police arrested a 26-year-old man during a raid near Asha Hospital on the Kamptee-Automotive Square road.[1] The arrested man was identified as Mohammed Shafik Mohammed Rafiq Ansari (26), a resident of Bunkar Colony near Dhor Hospital in Kamptee.[1] The raid took place at around 5.10 am on 31 October 2026.[1] Police said the raid followed specific intelligence about the movement of a drug consignment.[2] During questioning, he allegedly told police he had procured the contraband in Odisha and that it belonged to Faizan Ansari Firoz Ansari (27) of Gol Bazaar in Old Kamptee.[1] Police also named Shadab of Kantabanji in Odisha as a suspect and said both suspects are absconding and being searched for.[1] A case was registered under Sections 8(c), 20(b)(ii)(B) and 29 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act.[1]
Officers recovered 5.084 kg of suspected ganja from the arrested man’s possession.[1] Police valued the ganja at approximately Rs 1,01,680, calculated at Rs 20,000 per kg.[1] Police also seized a OnePlus 6T mobile phone worth about Rs 10,000 and a Kantabanji-to-Nagpur railway ticket indicating travel from Odisha.[1] The total value of the seized property was put at Rs 1,11,680.[1] Investigators said the ticket showed he had travelled from Kantabanji in Odisha to bring the consignment to the city.[2]
Police said Faizan has four previous cases for possession of ganja under the NDPS Act.[1] Police suspect the seizure could provide leads into an inter-state supply network operating between Odisha and Nagpur.[2] Efforts are underway to trace the absconders and establish the source, intended recipients and distribution network.[2]
