Seven held across Kashmir; Baramulla police seize 822 g of bhang-like substance
Police in Anantnag, Baramulla and Handwara districts of Jammu and Kashmir arrested seven alleged drug peddlers in separate operations reported on 7 November 2026. In Baramulla officers stopped a passenger vehicle at Cheradari and found about 822 grams of a bhang-like substance with one passenger, while the other arrests yielded charas and heroin.
🇮🇳 Anantnag, Baramulla and Handwara, Jammu and Kashmir · India
Police arrested Ubair Ahmad Mochi of Kalantara Bala after stopping a Sumo
passenger vehicle (JK05N-9646) at Cheradari during naka checking, a police
checkpoint, and found two polythene packets of a bhang-like substance weighing
about 822 grams in his bag.[1][2]The vehicle was travelling from Baramulla
towards Chandoosa.[1][2]Police called a magistrate and independent witnesses to
the spot and completed the seizure proceedings under the prescribed procedure.[1][2]
Three other men stopped in the Anantnag district, Reyaz Ahmad Mir at Sangam,
Zubair Sultan Reshi at Marhama and Rayees Ahmad Khan at DK Pora, were found with
heroin or charas.[1][2]Two further operations by Police Post Dialgam arrested
Yawar Ahmad Gani and Ubaid Manzoor Doobi, both residents of Fathepora, with
charas recovered in personal searches.[1][2]In Handwara, police stopped a tipper
(JK05B-5479) at Batagund and found a charas-like substance hidden in its
dashboard.[1][2]The tipper’s driver, Irshad Ahmad Dar of Shanoo Langate, was
arrested.[1][2]
All seven accused were taken into custody and police said further investigation
into the cases was under way.[1][2]Police said they would keep up the crackdown
on drug trafficking and asked the public to help in the fight against drugs.[1][2]
At Cheradari, police intercepted a passenger Sumo bearing registration No. JK05N-9646 travelling from Baramulla towards Chandoosa.[3]At Batagund, police intercepted a tipper bearing registration No. JK05B-5479 with the charas-like substance concealed inside the dashboard.[3]After the Baramulla recovery, the magistrate and independent witnesses were called to the spot and seizure proceedings were completed under the prescribed legal procedure.[3]
Daily Excelsior reported nine alleged drug peddlers arrested in multiple operations across Bandipora, Anantnag, Baramulla, Handwara and Shopian districts of Jammu and Kashmir on 7 November 2026, with heroin, charas and other suspected narcotic substances recovered.[4]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Arrested
7
Cannabis
822 g
Agency type
Police
Cannabis
Other cannabis product (822 g)
Activity
Possession, Trafficking
Setting
Street or public place, Vehicle
Case stage
Under investigation
Region
Jammu and Kashmir
Sources
Kashmir Lifekashmirlife.netSeven Drug Peddlers Arrested in Separate Anti-Narcotics Operations Across Kashmir
The operations bear no separate date; 7 November 2026 is the publication date and the day officials said they spoke, so it is used as the incident date.
The Baramulla recovery is described only as a bhang-like substance, and the Anantnag and Handwara recoveries as charas or a charas-like substance; no laboratory confirmation is reported.
The 822 grams is given as approximate and cannot be split between the two polythene packets.
No weight, street value, legal sections, custody decisions or court outcomes were published for the Anantnag, Handwara or Baramulla cases.
Only one accessible account of this roundup was found; a later search returned a different police statement describing seven arrests in six operations in Handwara and Anantnag that does not include the Baramulla stop, so the Baramulla seizure rests on a single article.
No weight was published for the charas recovered in Anantnag and Handwara or for the heroin, so only the reported bhang-like quantity is quantified in the existing coverage.
The Baramulla seizure is described as bhang-like substance and the Handwara seizure as charas-like substance, with no laboratory confirmation reported.
7 November 2026 is the dateline in the text; 8 November 2026 is the source publication date.
Only one accessible account of this roundup was opened, so no second outlet confirms the vehicle numbers.
This article is a nine-arrest roundup; its Bandipora, Anantnag and Shopian components are recorded in separate reports and are not part of this one.
Daily Excelsior gives no weights for the Anantnag charas and heroin or the Handwara charas, and describes the Baramulla recovery only as a bhang-like substance.
The Anantnag portion of the roundup names the same five suspects held the day before, so it may re-report operations carried out on 6 November.
No laboratory confirmation of the substances and no court outcomes are reported.
The KNO page's lead image has no caption or credit confirming it shows this operation, so it is not listed as media.
Kangra district police's CIA team arrested two men from Chamba district with 1.107 kg of charas in the Sokru Dam area of Baijnath. A case was registered under the NDPS Act at Baijnath police station, and police said they were questioning the men about the source of the charas and where it was to be supplied.
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.
Bandipora police arrested two men travelling on a scooty at Gunchipora near Bakshi Bund on 11 November 2026 and recovered 914 grams of a suspected cannabis powder-like substance from them. Police registered FIR No. 244/2026 at Police Station Sumbal under the NDPS Act and said they were investigating the source of the contraband and its supply links.
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.
