Mandi police destroy 74,349 cannabis plants in Jan-Oct 2026 drive
Mandi police said they registered 274 drug cases and arrested 438 people between 1 January and 31 October 2026, including 143 charas cases and 20 illegal cultivation cases. In the same period they destroyed 74,349 cannabis plants and seized 10.414 kg of charas, with September and October figures reported separately.
🇮🇳 Mandi district, Himachal Pradesh · India
- Arrested
- 438
- Plants destroyed
- 74,349
- Cannabis
- 10.414 kg
Mandi police registered 274 cases under the NDPS Act and arrested 438 people,
418 men and 20 women, between 1 January and 31 October 2026.[1] The district
totals included 143 charas cases and 20 illegal opium and bhang cultivation
cases, alongside 93 heroin, seven opium cases and 11 MDMA, consumption and other
cases.[1] Superintendent of Police Vinod Kumar presented the figures at a
district Narco Coordination Centre review meeting chaired by Deputy Commissioner
Apurav Devgan in the Police Lines auditorium.[2]
Police said they destroyed 39,705 bhang plants in September and 34,644 bhang
plants in October, a total of 74,349 plants; bhang is the local term for
cannabis.[1] In October police seized 112.05 grams of heroin and 7.765 kg of
charas, while in September they seized 87.69 grams of heroin, 2.649 kg of
charas, 1.185 kg of opium doda and 937 grams of bhukki; charas is cannabis
resin.[1] Police said property worth Rs 6,130,757 earned from the drug trade
was attached in six cases from 2025 to 31 October 2026, with about Rs 7,056,000
more awaiting confirmation and 70 financial-investigation cases pending in 2026.[1]
The second account says district police booked two NDPS cases for the October
eradication in which the 34,644 bhang plants were destroyed.[2] Deputy
Commissioner Devgan said all departments, enforcement agencies and social
organisations must work together to make the Nashamukt Mandi-Swasth Mandi
campaign effective, with awareness activities and walkathons in educational
institutions.[1]
Sources
- नशा तस्कर की 61.30 लाख की संपत्ति अटैच, पुलिस की कार्रवाई से हडक़ंप, वित्तीय जांच के दायरे में इतने मामले. Divya Himachal, 3 November 2026. In Hindi.
- नशे के खिलाफ मंडी पुलिस की बड़ी कार्रवाई, इस वर्ष 274 मामले दर्ज, 438 गिरफ्तार, भांग के 34,644 पौधे नष्ट. Hindusthan Samachar, 2 November 2026. In Hindi.
Open questions the AI reported
- The incident date uses 31 October 2026, the end of the reporting period; the review meeting was held on Monday 2 November 2026 and the two articles were published on 2 and 3 November 2026.
- The 274 cases and 438 arrests cover all NDPS drugs, not cannabis alone; no cannabis-only arrest breakdown was published.
- The Rs 6,130,757 attached-asset figure and the pending Rs 7,056,000 cover drug-trafficking proceeds generally, not cannabis alone, so no value is entered in figures.
- Heroin, opium doda and bhukki seizure figures are mentioned only to explain the same campaign and are not counted as cannabis.
- No field or village locations for the destroyed cannabis cultivation were published.
- The Divya Himachal page image has an empty caption and alt text, so whether it shows this event could not be established; the second page's photo shows the deputy commissioner chairing the meeting, not the eradication or seizures, so no media entry is added.
