SSB and police seize 82.78 kg of ganja at Nepal border, arrest Nepali man
A joint SSB and Bihar police party seized 82.780 kilograms of ganja on the India-Nepal border in Madhubani district during a Monday morning operation, and arrested a Nepali man accused of bringing it into India. The SSB said the consignment and the arrested man were handed over to local police for further legal action.
A joint party of the Sashastra Seema Bal, India’s border-guard force, and Bihar
police seized82.780 kilograms of ganja on the India-Nepal border in Madhubani
district, Bihar.[1][2]
The operation was carried out on the morning of Monday, 9 November 2026 by the
Laukahi company of the SSB’s 18th Battalion at Rajnagar, together with Bihar
police.[1]The SSB said it had received a tip-off about narcotics being
smuggled across the border, and the joint team was formed and led by assistant
commandant Gurdeep Singh.[1]
Officers arrested a Nepali citizen at the scene on suspicion that the
consignment was being brought into India from Nepal.[1]The arrested man was
identified as Arvind Kumar Yadav, a resident of Malhaniya village in Nepal’s
Saptari district.[1]
The seized ganja and the arrested man were handed over to local police station
officers for further legal action.[1]Police are investigating where the
consignment was to be delivered and who else is part of the smuggling network.[1]The SSB said the 18th Battalion, commanded by Kojaram Lamrod, keeps up
continuous surveillance of the India-Nepal border against narcotics and other
contraband, in coordination with Bihar police and other agencies.[1]
The seized ganja was valued at about 42 lakh rupees.[2]Officers arrested one smuggler at the scene, while four others fled towards Nepal.[2]
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Source: Prabhat KhabarThe arrested man in police custody with the seized ganja, captioned in Hindi as the accused and the seized ganja. Photo: Dainik BhaskarPhoto details
Dainik Bhaskarbhaskar.comHIनदी के रास्ते गांजा ला रहा तस्कर गिरफ्तार: फुलपरास में भारत-नेपाल सीमा पर 82.780 किलो गांजा जब्त, चार आरोपी भागे
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The article gives no time of day for the operation beyond Monday morning; 9 November 2026 is the day named and the publication date.
The weight of 82.780 kg is the SSB's own figure, with no independent confirmation or lab report reported.
The article does not state which police station received the ganja and the suspect, name any charge or NDPS case number, or report a court appearance.
The article calls the SSB unit the 18th Battalion based at Rajnagar; the exact border spot where the seizure took place is not named beyond the Laukahi company's area in Madhubani district.
No street value for the ganja was published.
The lead photograph is captioned only as recovered ganja with police and army officers and credited to Prabhat Khabar Network; it is attributed to this report but the scene is not independently confirmed.
Dainik Bhaskar names the area as Phulparas sub-division while the earlier account names Laukahi company of the SSB's 18th Battalion; both lie in Madhubani district and appear to describe the same border sector, but the precise police jurisdiction receiving the case is not clear.
No source states whether any of the four who fled has been identified or arrested since.
The 42 lakh rupee value is an official estimate with no independent confirmation reported.
Mahabubabad district police destroyed 99.688 kg of dry ganja, valued at Rs 49.84 lakh, seized in 19 NDPS cases. The court-approved disposal took place at a biomedical waste facility at Gopalpet in Khammam district under the district Drug Disposal Committee.
Gurgaon Traffic Police intercepted two people carrying cannabis at Nainwal Cut in Manesar and recovered 12kg, handing them to the local police station for investigation. The seizure was reported as part of traffic police crime-prevention work over the past 30 days.
Police in Bihar's Kosi division seized 8,254.794 kilograms of ganja during an ongoing anti-narcotics campaign across Saharsa, Supaul and Madhepura districts launched in February 2026. Authorities sent 2,717 suspected traffickers to jail across all contraband categories, with recent weekly operations recovering another 52.1 kg of ganja and arresting 13 people on dry-narcotics offences.
A joint GRP, RPF and NCB team seized 31.15 kg of ganja in seven packets from a minor carrying two bags on train No. 19484 at Ara Junction. The child was sent to a remand home for production before the Juvenile Justice Board.