Youth arrested with 10 kg of cannabis at a Meerut underpass
Daurala police in Meerut arrested a 24-year-old man with 10 kilograms of cannabis at the Sakauti underpass during a night check on 1 December 2025. A case was registered under section 8/20 of the NDPS Act and he was produced in court, which sent him to jail.
🇮🇳 Sakauti underpass, Daurala, Meerut district, Uttar Pradesh · India
Daurala police in Meerut arrested a 24-year-old youth and recovered 10 kilograms
of illegal cannabis from him at the Sakauti underpass during a night patrol and
check on 1 December 2025.[1]The arrested man was identified as Udit Kumar,
son of Ashok Kumar, a resident of Daha village in the Doghat police station area
of Baghpat district.[1]Amar Ujala adds that the arrest was made late on
Monday night, 1 December 2025, during a check near the Sakauti underpass.[2]Police said the youth’s movements looked suspicious while they were checking
vehicles near the underpass, and that when they stopped him the cannabis was
found with him.[2]
Daurala police station registered a case against him, number 379/25, under
section 8/20 of the NDPS Act, India’s main narcotics law.[1]Police took the
cannabis and the suspect to the station.[2]After questioning, he was produced
in court, which sent him to jail.[2]The arrest was made under a drive ordered
by the Meerut senior superintendent of police to catch criminals and keep repeat
offenders off the streets, police said.[1]
According to the Bhaskar English account, the arrested man already faced a case
at Doghat police station in Baghpat, number 178/22, under sections 323, 504 and
506 of the Indian Penal Code.[1]The team that made the arrest included
Sakauti outpost in-charge Sub-Inspector Kaushal Kishore and Daurala police
station Sub-Inspector Akashdeep.[1]
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Police with the youth arrested with 10 kg of cannabis at the Sakauti underpass, as captioned on the page; the photo carries no separate credit.Photo details
Bhaskar's Hindi version of the story carries a teaser sentence saying one kilogram of cannabis was recovered, while its headline and lead, Bhaskar English and Amar Ujala all say 10 kg; the report uses 10 kg.
The reports do not say what happened in court beyond the remand to jail, or whether charges were framed.
The reports do not say where the cannabis came from or whether the man was suspected of selling it, so no trafficking or sale activity is recorded.
Coordinates are of Meerut district rather than the exact Sakauti underpass.
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