Kanth police arrested a woman named Mithilesh at the spot during a raid on Ashapur Bhatu colony in Mukhtyarpur Nawada, a village in Moradabad district in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.[1][2] The raid followed a tip from an informer that a woman in the colony was running an illegal business selling charas, a hand-made cannabis resin.[1][2] Officers recovered 1 kg 46 g (1.046 kg) of charas from her, police said.[1][2] Sub-Inspector Vivek Kumar, Sub-Inspector Sagar Kumar and woman Sub-Inspector Sonam, all posted at Kanth police station, carried out the raid.[1]

Police registered a case against the woman under India’s Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, the country’s main anti-drug law.[1][2] Kanth police registered the case under relevant sections of the Act.[1] The woman was produced in court after the case was registered.[1][2] Police described the arrest as part of their action against illegal narcotics trafficking in the area.[1]

The arrested woman is 38 years old, identified as the wife of late Shivshankar and a resident of Ashapur colony under Kanth police station.[3] The arrest took place at about 6:30 a.m. on 31 October 2026, about 100 metres ahead of Ashapur colony.[3] Police registered the case as FIR number 271/2026 under Sections 8/20 of the NDPS Act.[3] Police said the arrested woman had a prior criminal history related to the excise Act.[3]