Two Odisha suppliers arrested in 225-kg Mahasamund ganja case
Mahasamund police arrested two alleged suppliers from Odisha on 27 October 2026, linking them to a March seizure of 225 kg of ganja hidden beneath watermelons. Five people had already been arrested in the seizure case, and the two new suspects were sent to judicial remand.
Mahasamund police arrested two alleged main suppliers from Odisha in connection
with a ganja shipment bound for Uttar Pradesh.[1]Police identified the
alleged suppliers as Dhyanendra Bishwal and Prashant Nag, from Odisha’s
Kendrapara and Koraput districts, respectively.[2]Investigators said
technical evidence, analysis of seized mobile-phone data and information from
earlier arrestees led them to the two men.[2]Both were arrested on 27 October
2026, brought to Mahasamund and sent to judicial remand.[2]
Police said the earlier seizure took place on 26 March 2026, after a tip
prompted a roadblock near Rehtikhol village on National Highway 53 in Mahasamund
district.[2]Officers stopped a Hyundai Aura car and the Tata Yodha pickup
behind it.[2]The pickup held ganja hidden in plastic sacks beneath
watermelons.[2]Police recovered 225 kilograms of ganja and estimated its
value at Rs 1 crore 12 lakh 50 thousand.[2]Police said the shipment was being
transported from Sambalpur, Odisha, to Chitrakoot, Uttar Pradesh.[2]Police
said the investigation continued into the network’s source, destination and
financial transactions, with further action possible if others were implicated.[2]
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The exact places in Odisha where the two men were arrested are not specified.
Janta Se Rishta describes the Rs 11,250,000 seizure value as an estimate; Dainik Bhaskar gives the rounded figure of Rs 1.12 crore.
No later court outcome for the two newly arrested suppliers is reported.
Janta Se Rishta's image has only a headline as alt text and no event-specific caption or credit, so it cannot be confirmed as a picture of this enforcement action.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in Janta Se Rishta: Five people had already been arrested in the same seizure case.
Kangra district police's CIA team arrested two men from Chamba district with 1.107 kg of charas in the Sokru Dam area of Baijnath. A case was registered under the NDPS Act at Baijnath police station, and police said they were questioning the men about the source of the charas and where it was to be supplied.
Police in Sirari bazaar in Bihar's Sheikhpura district seized 150 grams of ganja from a paan stall and arrested Doman Singh, also known as Prabhakar Singh. The stall stands on Purana Station Road within 500 metres of an educational institution, and the station chief said an FIR was registered under the NDPS Act.
Bandipora police arrested two men travelling on a scooty at Gunchipora near Bakshi Bund on 11 November 2026 and recovered 914 grams of a suspected cannabis powder-like substance from them. Police registered FIR No. 244/2026 at Police Station Sumbal under the NDPS Act and said they were investigating the source of the contraband and its supply links.
Police in Station Ghanpur, Jangaon district, Telangana, arrested four men accused of selling dried ganja, including the man who bought some, and seized 40 grams of the drug, a mobile phone and 1,000 rupees in cash. Circle Inspector S. Srinivas said a case was registered against the four and they were remanded to judicial custody.
