Two arrested with 530 g of ganja in Karimnagar's Kothirapur
Excise officials in Karimnagar town, Telangana, raided the Kothirapur area and arrested two people, Ghasiram and Lakshmi, on suspicion of selling ganja, seizing 530 grams of the drug. The operation was led by Circle Inspector Lobanand on the orders of the Assistant Commissioner of Enforcement, and the accounts report no charge or court outcome.
Excise department officials in Karimnagar town, Telangana, arrested two people
over ganja, the local name for cannabis, and seized530 grams (0.53 kg) of the
drug.[1]The two suspects were identified as Ghasiram and Lakshmi.[1]The
arrests were part of the department’s crackdown on illegal ganja activity in the
town.[1]
The raid was carried out in the Kothirapur area of Karimnagar town on a
Thursday, as a surprise check on credible information received by excise staff.[2]It was ordered by the Assistant Commissioner of Enforcement and led by
Circle Inspector Lobanand.[1]Assistant sub-inspector Abhishek, head constable
Srikant and constables Suman, Arif, Parushuram and Divya took part in the
operation.[1]Officers questioned the two suspects and recovered the ganja
before arresting them.[3]Both were described as people involved in selling
the ganja.[2]
Excise officials said their department keeps a continuous watch on the illegal
transport, sale and use of ganja and will take stern legal action against those
involved in such activities.[1]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
No separate date for the raid is given; 12 November 2026, the publication date of the reports and the Thursday named in one of them, is used as the incident date.
No charge, remand order, value estimate or court outcome for the two suspects was reported.
The accounts do not say where in the Kothirapur area the ganja was found, how it was being carried, or where the two suspects lived.
Only single names are given for the two suspects, with no age or other identifying detail.
The three accounts appear to reproduce the same excise department briefing, so no independent second account of the raid was found.
Police in Pazhayangadi, Kannur district, arrested a 25-year-old worker from West Bengal, Biswajit Mandal, and seized 1.106 kg of ganja from him. A DANSAF team under the Kannur City Police Commissioner made the arrest in the early hours of 12 November 2026 near the Amayi level crossing.
Police on patrol near the Tsunami Nagar burial ground in Devanampattinam detained 24-year-old Akash and seized ganja found in his possession. Questioning showed he had tried to sell the drug, and police registered a case and arrested him.
Panvel city police raided a flat in the MMRDA colony at Palaspe Phata after a tip-off and found 4.255 kg of ganja hidden in its bathroom, arresting Siddharth Ramdas More, 41. Officers also seized an electronic weighing scale, plastic pouches, a stapler and pins, and put the ganja's value at Rs 2,12,700.
Police in Lucknow arrested a 20-year-old man from Mohanlalganj during a check under the Barauli bridge in the PGI police station area on 12 November 2026 and said they seized 1.2 kg of ganja from him along with an unregistered e-scooter. A case was registered against him under the NDPS Act and he was produced before a court.
