Police in Lucknow arrested a 20-year-old man from Mohanlalganj during a check of suspicious people and vehicles under the Barauli bridge in the PGI police station area.[1] The man was identified as Amit Yadav, 20, a resident of Dadha village in Mohanlalganj.[1] Police said they seized 1.2 kg of ganja, the Hindi term for cannabis, from his pocket and the e-scooter’s footwell.[1]

Vrindavan Chowki officer-in-charge Sumit Bansal was leading the police team that made the arrest on an informer’s tip-off.[1] The ganja was packed in black polythene in his pocket and in the footwell of the scooter.[1] Police also seized a green e-scooter that carried no number plate.[1] Amit Yadav told police he was addicted to drugs and sold ganja to passers-by to pay for his own use.[1] Police records showed an earlier NDPS Act case registered against him at the PGI station in 2025.[1] A case was registered against him under the NDPS Act and he was produced before a court.[1]

Swatantra Prabhat gave the same seized quantity as 1.2 kilograms in black polythene.[2] Swatantra Prabhat named the arrested man as Amit Yadav, 20, son of Suryabali Yadav of Dada Sikandarpur village under Mohanlalganj police station.[2]

Triangle News Lucknow, citing the Lucknow police press note, gave the case number as 575/2026 under sections 8 and 20 of the NDPS Act.[3] Triangle News Lucknow said the arrest was part of a campaign against the illegal drug trade in the capital.[3] The same press note referred to an earlier case, number 618/2025 under sections 20, 29 and 8 of the NDPS Act, registered against him at the PGI station.[3]