Three held with 869 g of charas in Moradabad's Katghar
Police at Katghar police station in Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh, arrested three men on 8 November 2026 on charges of smuggling charas and seized 869 grams from them. A case was being registered under the NDPS Act and the three were to be produced before a court that evening.
Police at Katghar police station in Moradabad district, Uttar Pradesh, arrested
three men on Sunday on charges of smuggling charas.[1]Police seized869 grams
of charas from the three men.[1]
The same lead paragraph, giving the arrest of three accused and the 869-gram
seizure, was carried by the Hindusthan Samachar news agency, which the Vocal TV
page credits as its source.[2]City superintendent of police Kumar Ranvijay
Singh said the three arrested were residents of the Katghar station area, from
Shivpuri in Ambedkar Nagar, Pirgaib in Mugalpura and Sanjay Nagar lane three at
Double Phatak.[1]A case report against all three was being registered under
the NDPS Act, India’s Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, the 1985
law that criminalises possessing and trading cannabis.[1]
The three accused were to be produced before a court that evening, and police
said legal proceedings against them were under way.[1]
Photos and video
Photo published with the Vocal TV report of the arrest, captioned that three accused were arrested for smuggling 869 grams of charas in Moradabad; no photographer credit given.Photo details
Only an agency wire story and its republication were found; no independent local reporting on this arrest was located.
The report gives no details of how or where the three were caught, or whether they were carrying the charas as one quantity.
Whether the three were remanded to custody or released after the court production is not reported.
The 869-gram seizure is separate from the 669-gram Katghar case reported by Dainik Bhaskar on 2 November 2026, which involved three accused from the same neighbourhoods.
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.
