Two held as police seize 330 g of ganja in Maranchi raids
Maranchi police raided two roadside kiosks on Sunday night and arrested their operators, seizing 330 grams of ganja-like substance and 28.47 grams of opium-like substance. The two accused were identified as local shopkeepers Rudal Mahto and Pawan Singh, and police said legal proceedings are under way.
Police arrested two kiosk operators in the Maranchi police-station area of
Hathidah, Patna, during Sunday-night raids on two gumtis, small roadside kiosks.[1]Police identified the arrested men as Rudal Mahto of Rajesh Nagar and Pawan
Singh of Sonua Tola, both residents under Maranchi police station in Patna
district.[1]Police said legal proceedings are under way against both men.[1]
Police seized a total of 330 grams of ganja-like substance in the two raids.[2]The first raid at a kiosk in Rajesh Nagar village recovered about 123 grams
of ganja-like substance.[1]The second raid at a kiosk at Tower Chowk in
Maranchi village recovered about 207 grams of ganja-like substance along with
28.47 grams of opium-like substance.[1]Both seized materials were described
as resembling ganja and opium rather than laboratory-confirmed drugs.[1]
Maranchi station house officer Raushan Kumar said the raids followed tip-offs
that narcotics were being sold from behind the kiosks.[1]Police said teams
raided the two locations separately based on the information received for each
site.[1]
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Video report on the Maranchi police raid, seizure and arrests. Source: Dainik Bhaskar
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Dainik Bhaskarbhaskar.comHIमरांची में दो गुमटियों से नशीले पदार्थ बरामद: 330 ग्राम गांजा और 28.47 ग्राम अफीम जैसा पदार्थ जब्त, दो आरोपी गिरफ्तार - Hathidah(Patna) News
Open questions the AI reported
The raid date of 1 November 2026 is inferred from the Sunday-night raid published on 2 November 2026; no calendar date for the raid itself was given.
The 28.47 grams of opium-like substance is excluded from cannabis figures because it is not cannabis and cannot be combined with the ganja weight.
Both substances were described as ganja-like and opium-like, and no laboratory confirmation was reported.
No charges or court outcome were reported beyond arrest and ongoing legal proceedings.
Only the Dainik Bhaskar text and video versions of the same report were opened; no independent second outlet was found.
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