Three held with 2.972 kg ganja under a Lauriya bridge
Lauriya police in Bihar's West Champaran arrested three men aged 19 to 25 under the Matiyariya bridge and found 2.972 kg of ganja in the storage boxes of the two motorcycles they were riding. Officers seized both bikes and said legal procedures were under way; no court step was reported.
🇮🇳 Under the Matiyariya bridge, Lauriya police station area, West Champaran, Bihar · India
Police in Lauriya police station area, West Champaran, arrested three young men
on suspicion of selling ganja.[1]Police raided under the Matiyariya bridge
and caught three youths riding two bikes.[2][3]The three were identified as
Naseem Ahmed, 25, son of Sheikh Haroon of Sahanwala Pakdi in the Matiyariya
station area, Mohd Dilshad, 19, son of Sheikh Mohan, and Suraj Kumar, 22, son of
Shyamal Sheel of Pachrukha colony.[2]
The search of the bikes’ storage boxes found 2.972 kilograms of ganja.[2]Police seized both motorcycles at the scene.[2]The seized ganja was weighed
under the supervision of circle officer Ashu Ranjan acting as magistrate.[1]
Police acted on a tip that ganja was being bought and sold under the Matiyariya
bridge.[2]Station house officer Indrajeet Paswan formed a raiding team after
informing senior officers.[2]The team included sub-inspectors Amit Kumar,
Sugriv Kumar and Priya Ranjana and other personnel.[2]
Paswan said all three accused had been arrested and the necessary legal
procedure was being completed.[2]
The raid took place at the rubbish building near the Matiyariya bridge, where the suspects ran on seeing police.[3]Police acted after station house officer Indrajeet Paswan passed the tip to Narkatiaganj SDPO Prasanna Kumar M B, who directed the raid.[3]
Photos and video
The photo published with the Desh Vani report on the arrest; its only caption is a file name, so what it shows could not be confirmed. Photo: Desh VaniPhoto details
Neither account gives a separate date for the raid; 5 November 2026 is the publication date of both reports and is used as the incident date.
No seizure value, NDPS sections, case number, charge sheet or court outcome was published.
Neither account says where the ganja came from or who supplied it.
Desh Vani says the bikes were searched after the men were caught while Bhaskar says they were questioned before the search; the accounts do not materially differ.
The Live Hindustan page's only image uses an October 2025 file-address frame, so no event photo is added from it.
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