Two held in Latehar 8 months after 92 kg ganja seizure
Chandwa police in Latehar arrested two absconding accused in a 92 kg ganja case about eight months after the seizure. The ganja had been found in 87 packets in a vehicle after a crash near Sikni on 11 March 2026, and both men were sent to judicial custody.
Chandwa police station police in Latehar arrested two absconding accused in a
narcotics-smuggling case.[1]Both men were sent to jail in judicial custody.[1]Police identified them as Sumant Kumar Chandravanshi and Sawan Kumar,
residents of New Sidhauli in Dalmianagar, Rohtas district, Bihar.[1]
Police registered the case as Chandwa police station case number 47/26 on 11
March 2026.[1]The case began after two vehicles collided near Sikni.[1]Officers searched the vehicles and recovered a total of 92 kilograms of ganja
kept in 87 packets from vehicle number JH05AS-5465.[1]Both accused had been
absconding in this case.[1]
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.
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.
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.
