One held in Uttar Pradesh after 433 kg of ganja seized in Kanker
Kanker police in Chhattisgarh seized 433 kg of ganja in 90 packets that smugglers abandoned near Singarbhat and later arrested a fugitive accused, named in the report as Sukhpal, in Uttar Pradesh. Police valued the ganja at about Rs 2.23 crore and the seized Fortuner at about Rs 25 lakh, and said they were still searching for the rest of the network.
🇮🇳 Singarbhat, Kanker district, Chhattisgarh · India
Kanker district police in Chhattisgarh say they have broken up an interstate ganja smuggling network
carrying loads from Malkangiri in Odisha towards Haryana.[1][2][3][4]A tip on 4 November said ganja was
being brought in a Fortuner from Odisha via Keshkal towards Kanker.[4][5]Police set up checkposts at
four or five places[2][6], first on the Garhpichwari Chowk bypass road and later at Makdi Pulia and Gyani
Chowk.[5]Seeing the check, the gang dumped the load near Singarbhat and fled.[1][2][3][7][5]
The brown-taped packets were found in forest and hills near the Shiva temple by the Singarbhat rice-mill
quarter, and were counted and weighed before witnesses.[4][5]They held 433 kg of ganja in 90 packets,
which police valued at about Rs 2 crore 23 lakh.[1][2][3][7][6]
The arrest
Police and the cyber cell went through footage from more than 300 CCTV cameras, including those at toll
posts, petrol pumps and main junctions[2][7][4][6][5], while the driver kept moving and switching off his
phone.[5]They arrested the accused, Sukhpal alias Sukkha, 30, in Uttar Pradesh[1][2][3][8][7][4][9][5];
one account places the arrest in Fatehabad district of Haryana.[10]He was produced in court on 7
November and sent to judicial remand in a case under the NDPS Act[8][7], and was brought to Kanker on
Sunday 8 November.[5]He is the only one arrested so far, and police are looking for the others.[1][2][3][4][6]
The Fortuner used in the smuggling, registered in Haryana and valued at about Rs 25 lakh, was seized.[1][2][3][4][6]Additional superintendent of police Yogesh Sahu said it carried six fake number plates from
Odisha, Maharashtra and Haryana, which the driver changed to get loads past police checks.[1][2][3][8][7][4][6][5]Police put the total seized at about Rs 2 crore 48 lakh and the whole network at
about Rs 3 crore.[1][3][7]
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Source: NWNews24The Fortuner car said to have been used for the ganja smuggling (publisher caption: इसी कार से गांजे की तस्करी हो रही थी). No credit given.Photo details
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Source: Dainik BhaskarPage picture published with the report on the Kanker ganja arrest, captioned only with the headline 447 किलो गांजा हुआ था बरामद; no credit and no caption confirming what it shows.Photo details
Raj Expressrajexpress.comHIकांकेर में 450 किलो गांजा छोड़कर फरार हुआ तस्कर यूपी से गिरफ्तार, कार जब्त
Nai Dunianaidunia.comHIकांकेर पुलिस ने 300 CCTV खंगाल मथुरा से दबोचा अंतरराज्यीय तस्कर, ढाई करोड़ का गांजा जब्त
Dainik Bhaskarbhaskar.comHIढाई करोड़ की गांजा तस्करी का आरोपी UP से अरेस्ट: फॉर्च्यूनर में रखता था 6 फर्जी नंबर प्लेट, ओडिशा से हरियाणा सप्लाई करता था - Kanker News
RGH NEWSrghnews.comHIChhattisgarh news: छत्तीसगढ़ पुलिस की बड़ी कार्रवाई; 2.23 करोड़ के गांजा के साथ तस्कर गिरफ्तार
The article does not date the interception or the arrest; 7 November 2026 is its publication date and is used as the incident date.
Only one source, the submitted NWNews24 report, could be opened for this event, so the weights, packet count and valuations are not independently corroborated.
The district stays unused: 433 kg exceeds the 20 kg threshold in the NDPS Act, but the article names no law or charge and no charges are recorded.
The article gives no date or place in Uttar Pradesh for the arrest, and no court step is reported for Sukhpal.
The article says the load was going to Haryana but names no receiving buyer there.
The seized Fortuner is valued at about Rs 25 lakh and the ganja at about Rs 2.23 crore; the article's total of about Rs 2.48 crore for all material matches these two rounded amounts, while the network's value is given as about Rs 3 crore.
The page picture carries no caption tying it to this seizure and no credit, so it is linked rather than treated as evidence of the haul.
ETV Bharat dates the dump to a Wednesday morning but gives no date for the Uttar Pradesh arrest.
The page gives no separate date for the interception or the Uttar Pradesh arrest; 7 November 2026 is the publication date used for the event.
The Naya Bharat Live text largely reproduces the NWNews24 report and does not state whose valuation the Rs 2.23 crore, Rs 2.48 crore, Rs 3 crore and Rs 25 lakh figures are.
The page's page picture, taju.webp, has no caption or credit tying it to this seizure, so it is not listed as media.
The opened text capture is truncated behind an app paywall, so dates of the 4 November interception and the Uttar Pradesh arrest, the CCTV and court details visible in the page markup could not be quoted from the captured text and are not added.
Nai Dunia does not date the Mathura arrest beyond saying it followed a 48-hour search, so when the arrest happened is still open.
Nai Dunia reports only that the accused was produced in court on 7 November, without naming the court, the charge sections or any custody order.
Nai Dunia does not say whether the Rs 2 crore 23 lakh 50 thousand and Rs 2 crore 48 lakh 60 thousand valuations are police estimates.
The page photo carries only the headline as its caption and no credit, so it cannot be confirmed to show this seizure and is not added as media.
Vocal TV names no Odisha district for the purchase and no place or date within Uttar Pradesh for the arrest; it says only that the accused was brought to Kanker on Sunday 8 November.
The page picture carries only the headline as its caption and no credit, so it cannot be confirmed to show this seizure.
Raj Express puts the haul at about 450 kg and ETV Bharat's text gives about 450 quintals, while Nai Dunia records 447.720 kg and the report keeps 433 kg from the first account.
Raj Express dates the dump of the packets to a Wednesday morning without giving a calendar date, and gives no date or place in Uttar Pradesh for the arrest.
Raj Express calls the seized car by its Haryana registration only and does not name the make, while other accounts describe a Toyota Fortuner.
Dainik Bhaskar dates the arrest to 7 November, the same day police recovered the load, while other accounts describe a search of several days; the earlier report's account of the arrest date is retained.
RGH News repeats the combined valuation of the consignment at about Rs 2.23 crore; the different weights already recorded in the report (433 kg, 447.720 kg, about 450 kg) remain unresolved.
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