Three arrested with 1.4 kg of ganja in Makthal, Telangana
Police in Makthal, Narayanpet district, Telangana, arrested three men with 1.4 kg of ganja during a check at the Ramlila Maidan ground on 17 October 2026. The three, from Karnataka and Maharashtra, were remanded in custody and police valued the ganja at about Rs 60,000.
🇮🇳 Makthal, Narayanpet district, Telangana · India
Police in Makthal, Narayanpet district, Telangana, arrested three men with 1.4
kg of ganja, the local name for cannabis, during a check at the Ramlila Maidan
ground on Saturday 17 October 2026.[1]Officers seized the scooter they used,
three mobile phones and Rs 7,000 in cash.[1]Superintendent of Police G.
Vineeth said the ganja was worth about Rs 60,000.[1]
Police named them as Om Ashok Koradi, of Raichur in Karnataka, Rajasekhar
Ramchandar Huneravu, of southern Solapur, and Md Yaseen Bande Nawaz Makhanandar,
of Solapur in Maharashtra.[1]They bought the cannabis in Maharashtra and
brought it through Raichur to sell in Makthal and nearby areas, according to the
preliminary investigation.[2]The three were remanded in custody.[3]
Vineeth said police were investigating who else was involved, where the ganja
was supplied from and how the financial dealings worked.[1]The arrest came
during a district police drive against illegal liquor, sand transport, gambling,
ganja and gutka sales.[2]
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Police at a Narayanpet district press conference with masked suspects and seized items on the table, in the article's lead photographPhoto details
The reports name no court and no next hearing date, and give no outcome beyond the remand in custody.
No figure was published for the total quantity of ganja the group is suspected of having sold around Makthal.
The Disha Daily article also gives the district's year-to-date totals for other offences, including 12 ganja cases and 16 arrests, which are separate from this event and left out here.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in Sakshi: All three tested positive in drug tests, he said.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in Sakshi: A case was registered at Makthal police station under various sections.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in Sakshi: He commended Makthal circle inspector Ramlal, sub-inspector Raju, task-force sub-inspector Purushotham and the staff who took part in the checks.
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.
