Kotwali Khalilabad police arrested two accused near Belwania on the road from Dhaurhara to Sarhi on 2 November 2026.[1][2][3] The two were Saeed Khan alias Bablu of Pardeshwa in Khalilabad, Sant Kabir Nagar, and Ramavtar of Chakaura in Jalalpur, Ambedkar Nagar.[1][2] The operation was led by Kotwali Khalilabad inspector Jaiprakash Dubey as part of the district campaign against narcotics trafficking and sales.[1] Police said the drive was conducted under the direction of Sant Kabir Nagar Superintendent of Police Sandeep Kumar Meena.[1]

Officers recovered 22.400 kg of illegal ganja from their possession, along with one motorcycle used in the offence and two Android mobile phones.[1][2][3][4]

During questioning the accused said the ganja had been supplied to them by a man who gets ganja from Odisha.[1][2] They said they were taking the ganja to PPganj for sale on his instructions, where they were to sell it to a named person and take money.[1][2] They said they are friends and support themselves and their families from the profit of ganja sales.[1][2]

The accused named the alleged wholesale supplier as Manoj Yadav of Chakaura, Jalalpur, who sources ganja from Odisha.[2] Police said Manoj Yadav had previously been jailed from Basti district in a ganja-smuggling case and is now being sought with other network members.[2] The seized motorcycle is registered in the name of Saeed Khan’s wife and was seized under the Motor Vehicles Act because no papers were produced at the spot.[2] Both accused were produced before the court on Tuesday and sent to jail in judicial custody.[2]