Four held in Kashmir with 21.7 kg of charas and bhang
Police arrested four alleged smugglers at checkpoints in Anantnag, Shopian and Baramulla districts and seized more than 20 kg of cannabis products. The largest hauls were 13.30 kg of bhang in Pahalgam and 7.69 kg of charas-like substance in Pattan.
🇮🇳 Anantnag, Shopian and Baramulla districts, Kashmir Valley · India
More than 20 kg of narcotics was seized in separate incidents in the Kashmir
Valley and four alleged smugglers were arrested.[1]Police announced the
seizures and arrests on Wednesday.[1]The arrests were made during naka checks
in Anantnag, Shopian and Baramulla districts.[1]In Anantnag, Pahalgam police
stopped Taufiq Ahmad Rather at Yanner and recovered 13.30 kg of bhang husk from
him during a search.[1]
In Anantnag, Aishmuqam police stopped a suspect at the Haptmar-Nagbal crossing
and recovered about 6 grams of charas from him during a search.[1]In Shopian,
Keller police arrested a suspect during checking at a naka at Padha Behuk
Shalidar Keller.[1]A search recovered 742 grams of charas-powder-like
substance from his possession.[1]The accused was identified as Mudassir Ahmad
Katari.[1]
In Pattan, Baramulla, police arrested drug smuggler Sajid Ahmad Mir at the
Janwani Pora checkpoint and recovered 7.69 kg of charas-powder-like substance
from him.[1]
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The article gives no separate date for the checkpoint interceptions, so 11 November 2026, the publication date and the Wednesday of the police briefing, is used as the incident date.
No street or agency value for the seized cannabis was published.
No charges, NDPS sections, remand, bail or court outcome were reported.
The suspect stopped at the Haptmar-Nagbal crossing in Aishmuqam was not named.
The whole account rests on a single police-spokesman account carried by one agency report, with no independent second outlet found.
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.
