Kolkata STF arrests three as ganja is found cast inside rice bags
Kolkata Police's Special Task Force arrested three men near Dalhousie Club on Mayo Road after they stepped off a bus from another state carrying rice sacks that concealed ganja in a sand-and-cement casting. Two of the three were reported to be West Bengal residents, and the STF was investigating the drugs' origin, destination and any wider network.
🇮🇳 Mayo Road, near Dalhousie Club, central Kolkata, West Bengal · India
Kolkata Police’s Special Task Force (STF) arrested three young men who were
travelling on a bus from another state as it reached Kolkata.[1]The STF
stopped the three men near Dalhousie Club on Mayo Road in central Kolkata after
they allegedly got off the bus carrying sacks of rice.[2]The men were
carrying two sacks of rice.[2]
Kolkata Police’s Special Task Force broke up an unusual scheme for smuggling
drugs concealed in rice sacks.[1]Officers broke the sand-cement casting and
found packets of ganja inside, alongside the aluminium plate and wire.[1]Taaza TV said the sacks were searched at the spot, leading to the suspected
narcotics being detected.[2]
Two of the three arrested men were reported to be residents of West Bengal.[2]The STF was investigating where the drugs came from and where they were to be
delivered, and whether a larger network was involved.[2]
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Taaza TVtaazatv.comDrug bust in Central Kolkata, STF nabs 3 smugglers with narcotics hidden under rice bags
Open questions the AI reported
Neither opened account gives the weight, number of packets or street value of the ganja, so no cannabis quantity or value is recorded.
Ei Samay says the bus came from another state, but no source names that state; Taaza TV reports only that two of the three men were West Bengal residents.
Both accounts say the operation happened on Thursday, 5 November 2026; the Ei Samay page was published early on 6 November.
The report does not say which police station registered a case, what charges were laid, or whether the three were produced in court.
The two accounts describe the arrests at different points: Taaza TV places them as the men got off the bus, while Ei Samay reports the bus reaching Kolkata with the three aboard.
The YouTube and News18 Bengali accounts of the same operation could not be opened, so their details are not used.
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