Keonjhar Police arrested three men and seized 21 kg of cannabis on Anala Canal road under Nandipada police station in Anandapur subdivision. Officers also seized cash, gold, silver and phones, while a second account reports an electric vehicle seized and a police case registered.
🇮🇳 Anala Canal road, Nandipada, Anandapur, Keonjhar · India
Arrested
3
Cannabis
21 kg
Keonjhar Police arrested three people during a raid on Anala Canal road under
Nandipada police station in Anandapur subdivision.[1]The three arrested men
were identified as 27-year-old Jaganath Mallick of Jalakalanga and 43-year-old
Prakash Kumar Nayak and 39-year-old Sanyashi Charan Nayak of Betira village in
Keonjhar district.[1]A second account describes the site as Hatadihi Tahasil
road where Nandipada police seized21 kg of ganja and arrested three accused.[2]
Officers seized 21 kg of cannabis in the operation.[1]Police also seized Rs
3,93,300 in cash, 70 grams of gold, 260 grams of silver and three mobile phones
from the accused.[1]The second account lists the additional seizure as Rs
3,93,000 in cash, 70 grams of gold ornaments, 260 grams of silver ornaments and
an electric vehicle.[2]
Nandipada police waited on the road overnight after learning that ganja was
being moved along that route.[2]Police first detained a youth who was
carrying ganja on a scooty.[2]His statement led officers to two more people
involved in the trade.[2]Police registered a case at the police station and
the sub-divisional police officer announced the arrests at a press meet.[2]
Photos and video
The accused in police custody after the Nandipada seizure. Source: The Times of IndiaSeized ganja and the three arrested accused on Hatadihi Tahasil Road. Photo: sambad.in Source: Sambad
The articles give no separate date for the raid; 4 November 2026 is the publication date and is used as the incident date.
The location is named as Anala Canal road in one account and Hatadihi Tahasil road in the other; the report uses the police-jurisdiction description while noting the difference.
One account lists three mobile phones among the seized items while the other lists an electric vehicle; it is unclear whether both were seized.
No charges, custody ruling or court outcome were reported; a police case was registered and the investigation was continuing.
No cannabis-only valuation was published; the cash, gold and silver figures are separate seizures, not a drug value.
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