Khalilabad Kotwali police arrested two men from Gorakhpur on the night of 8 October 2026 and seized charas from them.[1] Hindustan reported that the arrests were made on 8 October by a police team under Kant outpost in-charge Prabhanshu Kumar Rai.[2] Officers stopped a motorcycle coming from the Gorakhpur side at the Pipra Kala turn, the riders tried to flee, and the team surrounded and caught them.[1] Police identified the two as Kuldeep Shahi, who was riding, and Himanshu Singh, who was on the pillion; both live in Gorakhpur district.[1] The two arrested men were Kuldeep Shahi, a resident of Saade village in Gorakhpur’s Gagaha police station area, and Himanshu Singh, a resident of Melandri village in the Khajni police station area.[3]
The search found two packets of brown solid material wrapped in black tape inside a khaki plastic bag, weighing 1 kg 45 g, along with two mobile phones and 200 rupees.[1] Amar Ujala gives the amount in its lead as 1.045 kg of charas, and Hindustan and Dainik Bhaskar also give 1 kg 45 g.[1] Police took a 50 g sample and sealed the rest of the charas.[1] Police seized the motorcycle used in the smuggling, which Dainik Bhaskar identifies as a Hero HF Deluxe.[4]
A first information report was registered against both under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act and they were sent to court, which sent them to district jail in judicial custody.[1][3] Hindustan reported that the court sent both to jail.[2] Station house officer Jaiprakash Dubey said the two told police that Umang alias Suryadev Singh, a resident of Madrah in Gorakhpur’s Barhalganj police station area, had given them the charas.[1][3] They said they were taking the charas to sell to a man near Basti railway station and that the proceeds would be split between the three.[1] Police said they would investigate the source of the supply and the role of others involved, and did not say whether Umang had been arrested.[1] Police are gathering information on Umang’s role and the network behind the smuggling and have said they expect to arrest him soon.[3] Khalilabad police have intensified the search for Umang and are raiding places he may be staying, on the basis of information from the two arrested men.[3] Police said the charas was of the quality sold as Malana cream or Kashmiri charas and valued it at 1 crore to 2.5 crore rupees on the international market.[1] The police account of the search was attributed to Priyam Rajashekhar Pandey, circle officer of Khalilabad.[3] Police were also gathering information about other people linked to the supply and sale of the charas.[3]
